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Telescope a million miles away brings Space closer to home

1 February 2022

Opinion: Remarkable technology a million miles from Earth could help answer some of humanity's biggest questions about the Universe, writes Heloise Stevance.
World's oceans are hotter than ever

19 January 2022

Temperatures are rising in all oceans, reports Dr Kevin Trenberth, a climate-change expert affiliated with the Faculty of Science.
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent

17 January 2022

The eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano in Tonga was felt across the globe. Professor Shane Cronin explains the forces behind the one in 1000 year event
Why food is nothing without texture

15 January 2022

Opinion: The texture of ice cream is as important as how it tastes, writes Yvonne Kuiper. We need to know much more about how and why we favour certain textures.
Fixing data security at the source

13 January 2022

Opinion: Nalin Arachchilage asks us to imagine a world where we could be confident that our use of software minimised the risk of losing our data.
Fuzzy molecular threesome is basis of gene expression

11 January 2022

Dr Davide Mercadante and colleagues are unravelling mysteries of gene expression.
Time for NZ to act on ‘forever chemicals’

13 December 2021

Opinion: There's another public health emergency and it revolves around 'forever chemicals' found in many things commonly used in everyday life, writes Lokesh Padhye.
Sir Peter Gluckman awarded Singapore’s highest science honour

10 December 2021

Director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures Sir Peter Gluckman has been awarded awarded the prestigious Singapore President’s Science and Technology Medal.
Nanotech for a sustainable future

2 December 2021

Geoffrey Waterhouse's research has led to the invention of low cost sensors to detect pollution and viruses and technology to remove pollutants from soil and water.
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New tools to explore frontiers in mathematics

2 December 2021

Eamonn O'Brien devises algorithms and algebra as tools to answer fundamental research questions.
Getting to the guts of the electricity in our gut

1 December 2021

If cardiac pacemakers can correct abnormal heart rhythms through the application of electricity, could a similar technology be used to understand and potentially correct abnormal rhythms in the gut?
Needle-free anaesthetic for skin graft surgery

30 November 2021

Dr James McKeage, Research Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is exploring how needle-free jet injection could be used for local anaesthetic before skin graft surgery and he has recently received SfTI (Science for Technological Innovation) Seed Project funding to do so.

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