Explore as a

Home Research Updates

What prompts people to change their minds about conspiracy theories?

Conspiracies DO happen...

Magnetic marvels: Meet the multi-polar magnets

Since the discovery of the compass, magnets are ind...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Sarat Singamneni
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau - Auckland University of Technology

Pill-Rolling Fingers

Pill-Rolling Fingers: Poems About Early-Onset Parkinson’s by Tara Coleman
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tara Coleman
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Restoring a part of me: 3D bioprinted nipples for breast cancer survivors

Treatment for breast can...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral and Professor John Fisher
  • ORGANISATION:
    Ōtakou Whakaihu Waka the University of Otago and the University of Maryland

Ada Lovelace Day 2025 Special Feature: Getting abstract with Dr Becky Armstrong

Ada Lovelace Day i...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Becky Armstrong
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka―Victoria University of Wellington

Gene therapy reverses diabetic heart failure

Scientists have reversed diabetic heart failure with ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Kim Mellor
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Tamata Rau, University of Auckland

Torn Pieces

Illustrated Poems on Parkinson’s
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tara Coleman
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Start At Belonging

Poems by Tara Coleman & Illustrations by Sam McLaughlan
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tara Coleman
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Seeking the climate link to earthquake and volcanic activity

Could climate change be shaking the E...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Lorna Strachan
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Computable Structure Theory: A Unified Approach

This is the first book which gives a unified theor...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Rodney G. Downey and Assoicate Professor Alexander Melnikov
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Computability and Complexity: Foundations and Tools for Pursuing Scientific Applications
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Rodney G. Downey
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Exploring Indigenous Foodways Amidst Global Shifts
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Ridvan Tupai-Firestone
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Discipline and rehabilitation for the professionals of Aoteaora: Boundaries, breaches and the benefits of a second chance
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Kate Diesfeld and Professor Lois Surgenor
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau AUT and Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago

Untold Intimacies: A History of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978–2008

In June 2003, New Zealand became...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Cheryl Ware
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Red Glaciers: the Answer to What’s Blowing in the Wind

A dramatic red dust blanket over Aotearoa...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Phil Novis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

Low carbon concrete blends Roman engineering with mātauranga Māori

Concrete's carbon footprint i...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Collaborations result in antibiotic resistance breakthrough

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whaka...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Helpful hormone – prolactin helps mothers keep cool during pregnancy

It supports milk production...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rosie Brown, Dr Sharon Ladyman, Professor Dave Grattan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Sex-changing fish quick to assert dominance

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scienti...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Neil Gemmell, Haylee Quertermous
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Octopus, squid study yields new evidence on evolution

One of the great debates in evolutionary the...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Simon Harris and Jordan Douglas
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement

A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu W...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Dave Prior, Dr Sheng Fan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

There and Back Again: Submission to Acceptance in Nature Chemistry

Back in 2021 my first year PhD ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Mat Anker
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Oxygen Pulses: Engineering Microbial Communities to Combat Water Pollution

Every day, billions of ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Naresh Singhal
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Will Upzoning Deliver Housing Affordability for Everyone? Evidence from Auckland

Like much of Aote...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Warming seas vs frozen continent: Interactions between ocean and Antarctic ice sheets during past climate changes
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Rob McKay
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Musings on Maths: a conversation discussing the concepts of geometry

  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Geoff Whittle
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka

Predicting ‘male-time’ with the Androgen Clock

Researchers from the University of Otago – Ō...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Tim Hore, Dr Victoria Sugrue
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka

Changing realities: Editing 360° scenes to make immersive virtual worlds

Dr Fanglue Zhang and Pro...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Fanglue Zhang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

The secret lives of pregnant male pipefish

A new University of Canterbury study reveals surprising...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Sarah Flanagan
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury

Hunting Cosmic Cataclysms

In space no one can hear the explosion, but we can see it! Every second,...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Ryan Ridden
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

The summer the Southern Alps turned red

New research uncovers the real source of the red dust that...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Holly Winton, Phil Novis, Heather Purdie
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, University of Canterbury

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

Transmedia Geographies: Decoloniality, Democratization, Cultural Citizenship, and Media Convergence
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Kevin Glynn and Professor Julie Cupples
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Morality: From Error to Fiction
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Richard Joyce
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Moral Fictionalism and Religious Fictionalism

Edited by Richard Joyce and Stuart Brock
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Steven Brock and Professor Richard Joyce
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Share our content