Read More 23 Mar 2023 3 min read Rapid response to protect penguins from bird flu Professor Craig Cary wasn’t planning to spend part of his 2022/23 Antarctic deployment trekking around a penguin colony, collecting poo samples. Fortunately for the penguins, a rapid response to the threat of bird flu resulted in exactly that.
Read More 17 Mar 2023 4 min read Bouncing unborn baby research between time zones secret to success Bouncing work back and forth between time zones has allowed research into fetal development to move at a 24hour cycle, thanks to a Marsden grant and dedicated researchers from Aotearoa and England.
Read More 16 Mar 2023 2 min read Oceanography researcher recognised for making waves around the world With a sea captain for a grandfather and childhood summers spent around the sea, it’s no surprise that Karin Bryan was drawn to studying the deep blue.
Read More 01 Mar 2023 6 min read An ocean of possibilities in marine research at University of Waikato Researchers at the University of Waikato are turning to the ocean to clean up our freshwater environment, create sustainable business opportunities and develop new life saving medicines while restoring our marine ecosystems in the process.
Read More 14 Feb 2023 3 min read Waikato researchers at the frontier of New Zealand’s high-tech robotics industry Developing a high-tech robotics industry in New Zealand to grow and support a horticulture sector facing dire labour shortages is the focus for researchers at the University of Waikato.
Read More 14 Dec 2022 3 min read University of Waikato researchers shape the future of Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand University of Waikato researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to tackle problems from understanding climate change to improving water quality and managing invasive pests.
Read More 29 Nov 2022 3 min read Making fruit picking easy with the e-Bin The University of Waikato has developed an electronic fruit bin that assists in the harvesting of kiwifruit to help make picking lighter work.
Read More 28 Nov 2022 3 min read Studying the sex lives of spiders A Marsden Fast Start grant will allow University of Waikato behavioural ecologist and senior lecturer Dr Chrissie Painting the time and opportunity to learn more about something that would keep most normal people awake at night - the sex lives of spiders.
Read More 16 Nov 2022 3 min read New research aims to discover when and to what extent children acquire social meaning of words The desire to understand children’s associations of certain words, their meanings and associations of speakers who use such words has led to a Marsden grant for University of Waikato data linguist, Dr Andreea Calude.
Read More 07 Oct 2022 3 min read NFT - Not a Fair Trade? Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have become part of the common lexicon. Twitter, Instagram, and even the MTV VMAs have become home to influencers extolling the virtues of the digital assets.
Read More 14 Sep 2022 3 min read Tauranga research has potential to reduce carbon emissions on ‘million-tonne scale’ Grinding rock and spreading it onto farmland doesn’t seem like a way to fight carbon emissions, but a new research trial by the Earth-Life Interactions (ELI) research group based at the University of Waikato (Tauranga campus) and Ngāti Pūkenga are exploring a novel approach for New Zealand to capture carbon dioxide.
Read More 09 Sep 2022 3 min read Massive funding boost for Waikato research From incorporating mātauranga Māori into marine restoration to Xeno Nucleic Acids that could have impacts on cancer research and rock weathering for carbon capture, University of Waikato projects funded in the latest round of MBIE research grants have the potential to change the world.
