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Peter Dearden: Adventures in evolution

The evolution of embryos underpins the diversity of life. P...
  • The evolution of embryos underpins the diversity of life...

Kim Pickering: Materials: what happens if I push this?

Kim reviews the potential of materials scie...
  • Kim reviews the potential of materials science and engineering to support a sustainable future...

Rohan Ameratunga: Primary immunodeficiencies

Symptoms of immunodeficiency can include recurrent in...
  • Symptoms of immunodeficiency can include recurrent infections and autoimmune complications...

Udaya Madawala: Wireless energy exchange

Wireless power transfer technology, based on magnetic cou...
  • Wireless power transfer technology, based on magnetic coupling, was originally developed for applications requiring one-way flow of electrical energy...

Aiguo Patrick Hu: Wireless charging

From smartphones to electric vehicles and industrial machinery...
  • From smartphones to electric vehicles and industrial machinery, the way we deliver power is changing rapidly...

Natalia Chaban: Perceptions and narratives in geopolitics

What does it mean for political actors t...
  • What does it mean for political actors to navigate fluid and unsettled narratives? Focusing on the European Union and Ukraine, in the context of the ongoing war, Natali...

Tim Anderson: Serendipity, eye movements, and Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s disease, a complex, age-...
  • Parkinson’s disease, a complex, age-related brain disorder, will double in prevalence by 2040 in Aotearoa...

Andy Philpott: Software to optimise hydroelectric reservoirs

The risk of low water-levels in hydro...
  • The risk of low water-levels in hydroelectric lakes results in high electricity prices...

Paul Millar: Storytelling animals: why narrative matters

Paul will reflect on a unifying thread th...
  • Paul will reflect on a unifying thread that can be traced throughout his research in literature and digital humanities: a life-long interest in storytelling and the sha...

Cecile de Klein: Nitrous oxide: no laughing matter

Nitrous oxide (or ‘laughing gas’) is an agr...
  • Nitrous oxide (or ‘laughing gas’) is an agricultural greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change...

James Murphy: ‘Dark and gloomy’ signaling proteins

Throughout life, enzymes called kinases act...
  • Throughout life, enzymes called kinases act as master conductors to control cell behaviour, including life or death...

Eric Le Ru: Light, molecules, and nanoparticles

Eric discusses how light can be used to probe the ...
  • Eric discusses how light can be used to probe the nature and concentration of molecules, and how optical spectroscopy has been used in both research and industry...

John A Crump: Over-diagnosis of malaria

In the tropics, malaria has been considered the major caus...
  • In the tropics, malaria has been considered the major cause of fever during the 20th century...

Bing Xue: Artificial intelligence: advances and impact

Bing discusses cutting-edge research at the...
  • Bing discusses cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and data mining...

Professor Yvonne Underhill Sem: Pacific feminist development geographies

Attuned to the geographie...
  • Attuned to the geographies in ‘out-of-the way’ places like Porirua, Mauke, and Manihiki, Yvonne was intrigued by the contrasts with the ‘man-streamed’ worldview...