Gearing up to celebrate sporting excellence with Blues Awards
The finalists have been announced for the annual Blues Sports Awards, with athletes qualifying across a range of disciplines including artistic roller skating, canoe slalom, and surf lifesaving.
Carnegie Mellon Joins Network Dedicated to Accelerated Breakthroughs in Human Health
Carnegie Mellon University has joined the Wellcome Leap Health Breakthrough Network, a global group of leading academic and research institutions focused on quickly solving...
University of Toronto’s Medicine by Design invests $1 million to advance new ideas in...
Patients with cystic fibrosis experience recurrent lung infections that eventually destroy their airways, shortening their average life expectancy to 50 years in Canada.
How vitamin D deficiency can lead to autoimmune diseases
As Canadians brace for “vitamin D winter” – months when the sun’s angle is too low to produce the vitamin in the skin – a McGill University study explains why vitamin D deficiency early in life is associated with a higher risk of autoimmune diseases.
New high-definition images released of the baby universe
New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy — the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans.
King’s joins £12 million project investing in future of 6G communication systems
Researchers from the Centre for Telecommunication Research (CTR) in the Department of Engineering, King’s College London, are among the founding partners in a new £12 million telecommunications project.
Swimming and study, a balancing act for new teacher
Managing study and competitive sport required commitment. Luke Mitchell, who has recently graduated with a Bachelor of Teaching, Primary from the University of Waikato...
AI can map the outline and area of giant icebergs
Scientists have trained an artificial intelligence or AI system to accurately map in one-hundredth of a second the surface area and outline of giant icebergs captured on satellite images.
Outcomes for parents explored in new Canterbury PhD research
Young parents can be as successful as older parents if they have supportive relationships and financial security, according to new University of Canterbury (UC) research.
Covid modellers win University of Canterbury research medal
Two University of Canterbury mathematicians who helped develop world-leading modelling to guide New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic have won a prestigious award.
