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The summer the Southern Alps turned red

New research uncovers the real source of the red dust that blanketed the mountains in the summer of 2019/2020 and explains why climate change could see events like this happen more often

Mind’s ear: Investigating the sounds in your head

Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Tony Lambert
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart

One of the biggest myster...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Wiltshire, Dr Ryan Ridden-Harper
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Guam collaboration improving understanding of gout in the Pacific

The University of Otago’s comm...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Dr Anna Gosling, Dr Paul Pumuye, Professor Tony Merriman, Associate Professor Frank Camacho
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Dramatic decline in Tongariro’s native plants as invasive heather spreads

Native ferns, sedges, ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Julie Deslippe
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Research exploring how Kiwi kids understand and use Māori loanwords

Study set to uncover how Engl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Human actions cause insect colour change

New Zealand’s native stoneflies have changed colour in ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jon Waters
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Anne Gaskett, Dr Jamie Wood, Dr Amy Martin
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Moonstruck: how reef fish may use the moon’s cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeff Shima
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

New protein discovery may influence future cancer treatment

Researchers from the University of Ota...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Christoph Goebl
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Rare Sāmoan discovery offers clues to origins of inequality

The origins of hierarchical society i...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Prodessor Ethan Cochrane
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

The unseen voyage: tracing the elusive migration of tuna (eels) to and from Aotearoa

Aotearoa New ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Amandine Sabadel
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology

Tiniest bird delivers evolution lesson

The titipounamu may have vocal abilities no one knew about,...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kristal Cain
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Antarctica’s coasts are becoming less icy

An increase in pockets of open water in Antarctica’s...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Ceridwen Fraser
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Te Puninga Fault can cause infrequent but large earthquakes in Hauraki Plains

A recent study led b...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Lowe, Dr Pilar Villamor
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato, GNS Science

Digital infant in world-first psychology research

Meet BabyX, a digital infant looking for someone to play with.
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Annette Henderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Decolonising death: Reviving Māori burial practices

A Kaiarotake Rangahau Research Assessor from ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Hinematau McNeill (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Listening to equations: a tool for the audification of heteroclinic networks

Dynamical systems is ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Claire Postlethwaite
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Greenhouse gas transformed in aid of carbon-free future

Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in ben...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Ziyun Wang
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

New evidence changes key ideas about Earth’s climate history

A new study published in Science re...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Terry Isson
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Waikato

New Marsden Fund grants awarded to support world-class research in Aotearoa

Te Pūtea Rangahau a M...
  • PUBLISHED:
    Thu 2 Nov 2023

Kua whakawhiwhia ngā takuhe a Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden hou hei tautoko i ngā rangahau taumata ā-ao i Aotearoa
  • Kua tukua e Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden te $83.59 miriona (GST kore) ki ngā kaupapa rangahau e 123 e ārahina ana e ngā kairangahau i Aotearoa...

E tautoko ana i te Tahua Marsden i ngā kairangahau matua i Aotearoa ki te hōpara i ngā whakaaro hou
  • He $77.391 miriona (kore GST) kua tohaina e Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā kaupapa rangahau 113 e ārahina ana e ngā kairangahau i Aotearoa...

Marsden Fund supports leading researchers in Aotearoa to explore new ideas

Te Pūtea Rangahau a Ma...
  • PUBLISHED:
    Thu 3 Nov 2022

World-first NZ technology enables researchers to discover the secrets of how melanin protects skin from UV radiation
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Justin Hodgkiss
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

New type of stardust may unlock solar system secrets

What elemental ingredients went into the form...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Bruce Charlier
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Driving force of volcanic super-hazards uncovered

Posted 11 April 2019

Massey volcanologists ha...
  • Posted 11 April 2019

    Massey volcanologists have discovered the driving force behind superheated gas-and-ash clouds from volcanic eruptions, which may help save lives...

Scientists discover extreme geothermal activity in South Island

Posted: Thursday 18 May 2017
  • Posted: Thursday 18 May 2017

Mimicking evolution to treat cancer
  • Mimicking evolution to treat cancer

What will the wasp plague be like this year?
  • What will the wasp plague be like this year?

Using a free electron laser to improve atomic level biological imaging
  • Using a free electron laser to improve atomic level biological imaging

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