He tohunga ō tātou tūpuna mō te āta mātaitanga. He mea whakamōhio i a rātou ngā raraunga mai i ngā mātaitanga i te manaakitanga o te...
Careful observation is something our tūpuna were experts at. Data collected from observations informed them in the care of mahinga kai by making predictions about weather...
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...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s remote location and unique geography have made its residents innovative by necessity. From inventing pōhā to preserve nga tītī to initiating refrigerated meat...
When you look across a lake, what colour do you expect to see? The common answer is usually blue – but what shade of blue? The...
Remote sensing is the use of sensors to extend our human senses in observing and recording objects or events that are far away (remote) from us....
In order to reduce methane emissions, we need to know where they come from. Methane, like other greenhouse gases, is invisible to human eyes – so...
This Connected article by Sophie Fern covers the discovery of Squawkzilla – a giant parrot that lived in New Zealand 19 million years ago. Two leg...
This Connected article describes the processes and practices used when planning, designing and building a large indoor sports centre. It outlines the science and technology behind...
Watching the Weather is a Connected journal that explores multiple aspects of weather in New Zealand. In addition to weather, the issue has a focus on...
This article explores the ways in which data can be sorted and displayed, and how data may be used for making predictions. It uses a parent’s...
The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) is a network of public research organisations who collaborate to commercialise science to grow the New Zealand economy. Commercialising science can...
Students decided to create a ‘takeaway table’ with food for the birds who visited their school. But before they could stock it with food, they had...
The three most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2 ), methane (CH4 ) and nitrous oxide (N2 O). While carbon dioxide is...
Measurement is an integral part of science. As technology progresses, so does the range and accuracy of what we can measure. Where once we made measurements...
Having the right time is unbelievably important for technologies that involve positioning and navigation such as global positioning systems and space navigation or for synchronisation in...
Dr Adrian McDonald from the Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Canterbury, relies on satellites to study the atmosphere over Antarctica. His research focuses on factors...
Satellites help scientists measure the thickness of land and sea ice in Antarctica. To validate these measurements, Dr Wolfgang Rack from Canterbury University travels to Antarctica...
Position: Principal Research Scientist, Measurement Standards Laboratory. Field: Electrical metrology. As a child, Laurie remembers being curious to know what was inside the appliances in his...
Position: Scientist, previously Measurement Standards Laboratory Field: Mass and related quantities Chris studied at Victoria University, completing a BSc (Hons) in Physics and then a PhD...
For more than a century, the base SI unit for mass was defined by a material artefact. Originally, 1 kilogram was defined as the mass of...
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) has developed a set of guidelines on how to properly use and apply the International System of Units...
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has adopted a series of prefix names and symbols for decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units. They are...
A number of non-SI units are commonly used, even though the SI system of units allows for complete coverage of all scientific measurements. The reasons for...
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