Massey University ranked 34 in QS World ranking for Agriculture and Forestry
Massey University has achieved a QS World University ranking of 34 in the Agriculture and Forestry discipline.
New scholarship to support ground-breaking research on female athletes’ use of menstrual tracking apps
As the high-performance sporting world works to better understand the factors that influence female athletes’ health, a new doctoral scholarship at the University of Waikato...
Membrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
Tough as plastic wrap but elastic like a balloon, the lining could be a target for therapies to limit cancer cells from spreading.
Modern science and traditional Māori knowledge can work together
Having dual access to both traditional Māori knowledge and Western science can lead to better environmental outcomes, says a University of Canterbury (UC) ecologist.
Scientists dig deep to reveal Earth’s hidden layer
Now researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed the existence of the Earth's "innermost inner core".
Culbert Hotere exhibition launches university’s new city gallery space at CoCA
The Head of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury (UC) Aaron Kreisler is delighted to return to central Christchurch with exhibitions by UC staff...
5 Questions: Tandy Aye on what transgender teens need from their parents
A recent Stanford study showed that, for teens exploring their gender identity, simple acts of caring from their parents were what they valued most.
Oxford vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert awarded RSA Albert Medal
Professor Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Albert Medal for her work on the Oxford vaccine.
Fruit bats are the only bats that can’t use echolocation. Now we’re closer to...
Echolocation evolved multiple times in bats over millions of year. Yet the earliest bat ancestors probably didn't have this skill — or if they did, it was likely very primitive.
Rob Phillips Awarded 2021 Feynman Teaching Prize
The 2020–21 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Caltech's highest teaching prize, has been awarded to Rob Phillips, the Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics...