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Innovative technology helps buildings bounce back after earthquakes

14 March 2025

Researchers have developed technology that helps timber buildings survive major earthquakes and recover afterwards.
Experts tackle phone battery waste using AI

13 March 2025

AI experts from New Zealand are partnering with German researchers to address the growing problem of phone battery waste.
Beauty and the brain

9 March 2025

Tamar Torrance explores how viewing art on a screen differs from seeing it in person, and whether virtual reality can offer a similar aesthetic experience
Special scholarships support impressive Māori STEM students  

7 March 2025

Five scholarships presented to Waipapa Taumata Rau students carry a special name in Māoridom and a unique partnership with a well-known service provider.
Researchers probe student well-being on NZ's biggest campus

5 March 2025

School of Psychology students and their teachers are investigating student well-being and belonging at Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Research tackles noise and ventilation challenges in Aotearoa’s cities

3 March 2025

A new project aims to create quieter, healthier and more affordable homes in our city centres.
Engineer building softer, quieter, more human robots

12 February 2025

Dr Bryan Ruddy’s first foray into robots came through fight-to-the-death BattleBot combat. Now he builds robots designed to help humans live better lives
What a difference more women studying STEM would make

12 February 2025

Opinion: We need more women studying STEM subjects, to help inform that way we better health problems that are specific to women and girls, says Jenny Kruger and Kelly Burrowes.
Innovation will be tough without Marsden funding

10 February 2025

Opinion: The Government’s changes to blue-skies research funding is at odds with its growth plan, and flies in the face of the idea that ‘basic scientific research is scientific capital’, says Austen Ganley.
Whale song and human language share same structure

7 February 2025

A remarkable similarity in how humans and whales communicate emerged in new research, says Dr Emma Carroll.
Government's mining plan is quite sensible, really

4 February 2025

Opinion: Taking Shane Jones’ provocations seriously distracts from the fact his minerals strategy sets the playing field to transform the sector through responsible and sustainable practices, says Professor JR Rowland.
State-of-the-art aquariums will boost marine research at Leigh

3 February 2025

New aquariums at the University of Auckland's Leigh research centre are a big upgrade to research capabilities.

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