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RNZ News
18-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
A scientific breakthrough for flea and tick treatment
Agritech firm Bontia Bio has patented world-first technology which could bring a massive shakeup to the billion-dollar global animal treatment market. The technology allows naturally forming anti-parasitic compounds, used to create flea and tick treatments, to be synthetically replicated, meaning they can be produced in commercially viable quantities. Veterinarians and pet owners are increasingly noticing problems with existing flea and tick treatments, including emerging drug resistance, adverse side effects and negative environmental impacts. But treatments created via these compounds - which form on fungi - have so far shown no signs of toxicity and can be reproduced sustainably. The scientific breakthrough for the New Zealand company has been years in the making. Two of the company's directors are Matthew Nicholson and Emily Parker. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
USC men's basketball must improve on the glass
A lot went wrong for the USC men's basketball team in Tuesday night's loss to Northwestern. However, one area in particular stood out as a massive issue for the Trojans: rebounding. Entering the game, the Wildcats had been averaging 34.5 rebounds per game. Against the Trojans, they had 22 offensive rebounds alone, and 43 total—nearly 25% more than their season average. USC, on the other hand, had just seven offensive rebounds, and just 27 boards total. As a result, Northwestern was able to score numerous second chance points, while the Trojans largely had to rely on making their initial shots to even stay in the game. Part of the disparity can be attributed to size. USC's only player over 6'8" to appear in the game was Josh Cohen, who played just three minutes. Northwestern, on the other hand, got a combined 36 minutes from 7' centers Matthew Nicholson and Keenan Fitzmorris. Even for a smaller team, though, USC simply cannot afford to have that level of rebounding disparity go against them. If the Trojans want to make a serious push towards a potential NCAA Tournament bid, they will need to be better on the glass moving forward. This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC men's basketball needs to rebound in more ways than one
USA Today
08-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
USC men's basketball must improve on the glass
USC men's basketball must improve on the glass USC basketball has to improve on the backboard if it wants to make a run at March Madness A lot went wrong for the USC men's basketball team in Tuesday night's loss to Northwestern. However, one area in particular stood out as a massive issue for the Trojans: rebounding. Entering the game, the Wildcats had been averaging 34.5 rebounds per game. Against the Trojans, they had 22 offensive rebounds alone, and 43 total—nearly 25% more than their season average. USC, on the other hand, had just seven offensive rebounds, and just 27 boards total. As a result, Northwestern was able to score numerous second chance points, while the Trojans largely had to rely on making their initial shots to even stay in the game. Part of the disparity can be attributed to size. USC's only player over 6'8" to appear in the game was Josh Cohen, who played just three minutes. Northwestern, on the other hand, got a combined 36 minutes from 7' centers Matthew Nicholson and Keenan Fitzmorris. Even for a smaller team, though, USC simply cannot afford to have that level of rebounding disparity go against them. If the Trojans want to make a serious push towards a potential NCAA Tournament bid, they will need to be better on the glass moving forward.
