Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Science
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Deborah Hill Cone: on having an 'academic do-over' in your fifties
3 November 2021
Opinion: Deborah Hill Cone is well known as a journalist. She then took a spiritual journey into the valley of academia ... and survived.
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University of Auckland awarded $23.5m in research funding
3 November 2021
The University of Auckland has been awarded $23.5 million from this year’s Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, Marsden Fund, including $3 million for a major interdisciplinary project on gravitational waves.
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Faculty of Science has big Marsden Fund success in 2021
3 November 2021
The Faculty of Science has had a very successful year in the 2021 round of Marsden funding with 22 grants approved and total funding of $17.3 million.
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Flicking the switch to reduce carbon dioxide
3 November 2021
Dr Charlie Ruffman has been awarded a Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for research entitled: ‘Flicking the switch to reduce carbon dioxide by melting metallic alloys?’
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Richard Easther: still embracing his childlike wonder at the universe
1 November 2021
Physics isn’t something you study just to get a job, says Professor Richard Easther. It can open up a world of possibilities.
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Behind the scenes with the PM's Chief Science Advisor, Dame Juliet Gerrard
1 November 2021
Juliet Gerrard has brought her own style to the role of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, as a new documentary shows.
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Lixin Jiang: how leaders can help reduce workplace stress
1 November 2021
Lixin Jiang hopes her research on workplace stress will change people’s lives.
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Making cyberspace a safer place
29 October 2021
As our dependence on being connected to the internet grows, so does our need to protect our data and improve our resilience to cyber-attacks.
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Tiny insects key to solving big problems
29 October 2021
Biological Sciences alumnus Neil Birrell’s discusses his start-up Hexacycle and his PhD research exploring insects as food.
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Pulling apart DNA: learning molecular biology through a VR lens
29 October 2021
Sebastian Dunn is a Science Masters student working with the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Computer Science.
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Bringing new ideas to life in the healthcare sector
29 October 2021
Pharmacist Amy Lee embarked on a Bioscience Enterprise degree to work on healthcare projects with a positive global impact.
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Helping our oceans to flourish again
29 October 2021
Marine science research is breaking new ground in the bountiful benefits mussel reefs can provide and the impact of quieter times for animals under the sea.