Breadcrumbs List.
The Challenge
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Full charge for the future
25 February 2024
Researcher Geoffrey Waterhouse is developing the next generation of catalysts for cheaper and better hydrogen fuel cells.
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A bright spark fixing the electrics behind gut misery
30 January 2024
One student's success in the search for a link between unexplained gut misery and the electrical pulses in our stomach.
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Our hidden forests: kelp and the carbon problem
23 January 2024
Do answers to the challenge of rising carbon emissions lie beneath the surface of our oceans?
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Māori-centred models for kaumātua care
20 December 2023
VIDEO: Dr Joanna Hikaka takes a kaupapa Māori approach to health services and gerontology.
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He Vaka Moana project builds inclusive education
19 December 2023
VIDEO: Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki and Sonia Fonua received a research impact award for their work to embed indenous knowledge, values and culture into teaching.
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Exploring the menstrual cycle link to epilepsy
19 December 2023
VIDEO: Dr Rachael Sumner's research focuses on the link of the menstrual cycle to the 40 percent of women with epilepsy. She received an 2023 early career research award.
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Living library of breast cancer cells
19 December 2023
VIDEO: Dr Emma Nolan is building an innovative research platform, a library of breast cancer tumour cells, to build models to test how cancer grows and behaves.
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Gold standard for better birth care
18 December 2023
VIDEO:Professor Caroline Crowther was awarded the University 2023 Research Excellence medal for her work targeting the major causes of maternal and perinatal death and illness.
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Sustainable charging for electric vehicles
13 December 2023
Wenwei Wang received an award for best thesis at the Celebrating Research Excellence Awards 2023. His work explores how to enhance sustainability in the charging of electric vehicles.
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The silent invasion of the sleeper weeds
12 December 2023
Aotearoa has a massive weed problem. While we have a little over 2,300 native plant species, we have introduced over 25,000 species from other countries.
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The science of music
7 December 2023
Dr Samuel Mehr’s work was acknowledged with a 2023 Early Career Research Excellence medal from the University. De Mehr’s research unites cognitive and data science, anthropology and cross cultural approaches to explore why all cultures have music.
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Unique perspectives about Aotearoa and its peoples
7 December 2023
VIDEO: Film maker Professor Annie Goldson received a 2023 University Research Impact Award for her award winning documentaries from Aotearoa.