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Faculty of Science funding success a boon in tough year
10 November 2020
This year’s Marsden grants show a significant increase in both funding and number of successful projects for the Faculty of Science compared to last year.
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New Zealand’s first student-built satellite ready for lift off
3 November 2020
New Zealand’s first satellite designed and built by university students is about to be launched into space via Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.
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Ten years on, uni ‘drop out’ becomes doctor
3 November 2020
Alicia Didsbury gave up university study when she got pregnant in her late teens but more than 20 years and a lot of hard work later, she graduates with a doctorate in biological sciences.
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Succeeding when pain won’t leave you alone
3 November 2020
There were times for student Lin Kee, when the idea of finishing her studies and graduating seemed unlikely, if not impossible.
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Stunning shearwaters photo wins People’s Choice
3 November 2020
A stunning night-time photo of Buller’s shearwaters/rako captured in the flash of the camera with the Milky Way as a backdrop high above, has been named People’s Choice at this year’s NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year awards.
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Growing skin in the lab to treat a rare disease
2 November 2020
Scientists have successfully gene-engineered skin cells in the laboratory which could be used to treat a rare but sometimes debilitating genetic skin condition.
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Funding for device that measures blood supply during surgery
29 October 2020
Research scientist Dr Michel Nieuwoudt from the University of Auckland has been awarded a Health Research Council fellowship to develop a non-invasive device to identify ischaemia tissue during pancreatic surgery.
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Beaches won't go extinct but tough decisions ahead
28 October 2020
A claim half the world’s beaches could be extinct by the turn of the century is being disputed by an international team of coastal scientists including Associate Professor Giovanni Coco.
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Climate change challenge: all eyes on the blue marble
28 October 2020
Aotearoa has committed to net-zero emissions of all greenhouse gases, other than biogenic methane, by 2050. Is that enough? Finlay Macdonald talks to University scientists, including those involved with the Climate Science Initiative.
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How Te Pūnaha Matatini became part of our Covid-19 response
28 October 2020
Shaun Hendy and Siouxsie Wiles are just two of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at Te Pūnaha Matatini, who have contributed to New Zealand's Covid-19 response. Jonathan Burgess meets some of the group.
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How do kea see 1080 bait?
15 October 2020
Research shows kea have the ability to distinguish between two different-coloured 1080 baits but cannot detect the presence of bird repellent in baits of the same colour, findings which might have implications for future 1080 operations.
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A world without tax, a world without sharing
15 October 2020
Opinion: It’s time for us to re-learn what children do naturally – sharing what we have – and abandon our aversion to tax, write Dr Niki Harré and Philip McKibbin.
