Tag: New Zealand Education News

Satellites are increasingly being released beyond our atmosphere, but what happens if we lose communication with a satellite and can’t see it to understand why?

A technique popular in yoga classes has been shown to affect brain activity by researchers at AUT’s BioDesign Lab. The research is a collaboration between AUT and the New Zealand College of Chiropractic (NZCC).

University of Otago research surveyed 986 conservation volunteers to get a sense of who they are, what they do, what motivates them, and their attitudes towards conservation in New Zealand.

Dr John Griffiths, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, has won the 2021 Alan Mason Award for Historical Studies which is awarded annually by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

University of Otago researchers have discovered a new function for the hormone prolactin – it limits a new mum’s investment in aggressive behaviour and instead focusses them on interacting with their babies.

A University of Canterbury Engineering student is using 3D printing to help turn hydrogen peroxide into a non-toxic rocket fuel for the growing aerospace market.

Physical activity events of any nature provide competitors with the opportunity to test their abilities against others, face a challenge they’ve set themselves...

Turning non-recyclable personal protective equipment into water and vinegar could be the game-changing solution the world needs to stop tonnes of PPE being dumped daily into landfills and oceans.

Turning non-recyclable personal protective equipment into water and vinegar could be the game-changing solution the world needs to stop tonnes of PPE being dumped daily into landfills and oceans.

In response to a global shortages of PPE, a team of researchers led by Dr Yvonne Anderson, a senior lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland has successfully researched a method for disinfecting PPE so it could be reused or safely recycled.