Rocks act as geological archives and new techniques are helping scientists capture data about past events. This article has been republished from The Conversation under Creative...
Where can a question take you? For Sue Fergus and her students at Taranaki’s Toko School, questions about candle scents and what to do with lavender...
One implication of climate change is sea level rise. Sea level is the average height of the ocean relative to the land, between the high and...
A team of US astronomers, after years of working in the Antarctic, say they have found long-awaited evidence for the theory that the Universe underwent a...
Each day, we consciously experience atmospheric weather, driven by radiation from the Sun. In addition, we are mostly unknowingly subjected to space weather driven primarily by...
Converting states of matter from one form into another requires the involvement of heat energy. For example, converting water at 100°C into steam at 100°C requires...
Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. All physical objects are composed of matter, and an easily observed property of matter is its state...
Scientists at AgResearch are looking for ways to improve the durability of woollen textiles and carpets in order to sustain the place of wool as a...
Two AgResearch scientists explain how wool products are traced and how wool proteins are using in wound dressings. Listen to this RNZ programme, Wool in wound...
New Zealand’s ancient peat bogs may hold the key to understanding how the climate has changed in the past 10,000 years and how it may change...
In early March 2012, two solar flares erupted, sending a streaming cloud of charged particles (known as a coronial mass ejection or CME) hurtling towards Earth....
On November 2010, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operated by CERN under the French-Swiss border near Geneva, successfully created an initial of mini big bangs by...
The atomic theory of matter is one of the fundamental theories of all science. The importance of this theory cannot be overstated. It has been said,...
Scientists have learned to harness the Sun, transforming its energy to meet our energy needs. Long, long ago in the mystical land of Aotearoa, Māui gave...
Our use of language in everyday life is often quite different to the language of scientists. This can sometimes be confusing because what scientists mean and...
Position: Lecturer and researcher, University of Auckland. Field: Nanomaterials. Associate Professor Ashton Partridge was a researcher and lecturer at Massey University where he headed a team...
Solar cars are powered by electricity through the use of solar energy. Solar panels are attached to the surface (generally, the top) of the vehicle. Photovoltaic...
Sunlight can be converted into useable electricity. To do this, we need a solar cell. Solar are also called photovoltaic ‘Photo’ means light, and ‘voltaic’ means...
Solar energy is transformed into other energy forms for our use on Earth – energy for food (chemical energy), electrical energy and heat energy. Food Solar...
The Sun is the source of almost all our energy. It is a huge ball of hot gases that gives off energy as heat and light....
Wouldn’t it be great if you could produce all your own energy needs – at no cost? Imagine having your own personal electricity supply to run...
is a measure of the average energy of the particles that make up a substance. It relates to the idea of hotness and coldness. If an...
Position: Former Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Department of Engineering, The University of Waikato. Field: Metallic materials. Professor Brian Gabbitas is a metallic materials scientist,...
Titanium is being increasingly used in our modern society. It is light, strong and corrosion-resistant. These properties allow it to be used in the aerospace industry,...
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