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Study Reveals Bizarre Compounds Of Oxygen And Carbon With Explosive Potential
Monday, 31 March 2025, 9:03 pm | Skoltech
The team’s analysis uncovered an entire “molecular zoo” numbering some 224 oxocarbons, of which only 78 had been reported in earlier papers and still fewer had been investigated at that level of detail. More >>
Neural Network Learns To Hesitate For Accuracy In A New Skoltech Study
Monday, 31 March 2025, 9:00 pm | Skoltech
The new technology can be applied in critical areas where the reliability of artificial intelligence is important, including medical diagnostic systems, industrial automation, technical control systems, and autonomous solutions. More >>
Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped To U.S. Space Force’s $5.6b National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Program
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:16 pm | Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab’s launch vehicle for the program will be Neutron, its 13-ton reusable carbon composite medium-lift launch vehicle being rapidly developed to meet the demand for high assurance national security missions, and for single and multi-satellite ... More >>
Estuaries Are Literally In Hot Water, Says Researcher
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:51 am | University of Auckland
The researchers will spend three weeks studying two New Zealand estuaries – probably Whangateau Harbour on Auckland’s east coast, where a massive cockle die off occurred in 2009, and a west coast estuary with dark sediment. More >>
Invertebrates Consuming 1080 Poison Baits In New Zealand Forests
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 3:42 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa
What we need most, right now in this moment, is for the next generation of entomologists, ecologists and conservationists to take off the blinkers of their predecessors. We need them to study the facts without the stranglehold of industry and government ... More >>
Life X DNA Brings At-Home Genetic Testing To Melbourne And Brisbane
Friday, 28 March 2025, 2:21 pm | Life X DNA
Each kit examines over 20 million SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and uses AI-powered analysis to produce personalised reports. More >>
Comcom revisits fibre rules as competition intensifies
Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:19 am | Bill Bennett
The Commerce Commission kicks off a review of fibre broadband regulations to keep pace with market changes, including growing competition from wireless and satellite. Meanwhile, mobile termination rates could be deregulated after 14 years, and Apple ... More >>
Download Weekly Extra: InternetNZ disrupted
Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:15 am | Bill Bennett
Free Speech Union moves threaten to derail InternetNZ’s planned constitution update. This has implications for the non-profit’s main role managing the .nz domain registry and its other work. More >>
Click, Click, Click... First Shark Sounds Recorded
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 5:32 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers at Leigh Marine Laboratory in Auckland have upended the notion sharks are silent. More >>
Apple iPad Air M3: best tablet for creators in 2025
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 2:09 pm | Bill Bennett
Sitting between the iPad and the iPad Pro, the iPad Air balances price and performance. It’s 2025’s best tablet if you want to do more than basic browsing, viewing and listening but don’t need high-end performance. This post examines the iPad Air ... More >>
New Deep Sea Mining Study Shows Ecosystem Recovery From Mining Could Take Centuries
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 1:23 pm | Greenpeace
The study warns that ecological recovery would likely take centuries or longer, adding to the multitude of existing warnings from scientists that deep sea mining could have severe and long-lasting impacts on the deep. More >>
Wasp Numbers Explode After Long, Hot Summer
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:37 pm | University of Auckland
New Zealand has five species of these brightly coloured invaders from Europe and Asia - the German and common wasp, and three species of paper wasp. All have painful stings for humans and nasty effects on native species. More >>
Life X DNA Advances Home Genetic Testing For Personalised Health Insights
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 1:13 pm | Life X DNA
Life X DNA employs Next-Gen DNA sequencing combined with AI-powered interpretation to generate highly personalised reports. These reports offer actionable recommendations covering diet, lifestyle modifications, and targeted supplementation . More >>
Marine Biosecurity Watch At Port Taranaki
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 5:49 pm | NIWA
The data that our surveys collect on species not only assists MPI’s marine biosecurity management, but also helps Taranaki Regional Council and other territorial authorities, Māori partners, industry, and the many stakeholders who benefit from a port free ... More >>
UC Research To Unlock Potential Of Elite Female Athletes
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 12:40 pm | University of Canterbury
A UC research team is exploring how hormones affect elite female athletes' performance, breaking new ground for women in sport. More >>
Neural Networks Will Recognize Production Processes By Video
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 11:49 am | Skoltech
The neural network is trained on a large array of unlabeled video recordings, independently identifying key features without the human contribution. Then it undergoes further training on a small marked-up sample and adapts to specific tasks. More >>
ComCom Moves Closer Towards Deregulating Mobile Termination
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:59 am | Commerce Commission
Market shifts include the growth in popularity of alternative over-the-top (OTT) messaging services, such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, which potentially negate the need for SMS regulation, and the move towards data services, which potentially negate the need for voice calling regulation. More >>
Zero-day Vulnerabilities: The Real Threat Behind Netflix’s “Zero Day”
Monday, 24 March 2025, 4:10 pm | Gen Digital
Zero-day vulnerabilities might sound like the stuff of Hollywood thrillers, but they’re a real and ongoing cybersecurity challenge. The good news? By staying informed, keeping your software up to date, and practicing smart online habits, you can greatly reduce ... More >>
MOTAT’s Te Puawānanga Science And Technology Centre Shortlisted For International Exhibition Of The Year
Monday, 24 March 2025, 4:05 pm | MOTAT
Now this year, Te Puawānanga Science and Technology Centre is in the running for International Exhibition of the Year, alongside five other museums including the Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and The Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle. More >>
Thai Students Experience AI-Focused Study Tour At Wintec
Monday, 24 March 2025, 11:15 am | Wintec
The Wintec ‘train the trainer’ programme equips teachers and instructors with valuable skills, knowledge, and strategies to help them effectively train other educators and learners. More >>
Digital Online Game Research Makes Space For Pacific Female Youth Voices
Monday, 24 March 2025, 9:50 am | University of Auckland
Young people are increasingly turning to digital spaces, rather than physical spaces, to socialise and build connections. Online gaming platforms can provide a safe and accessible environment for youth to interact, collaborate, and form meaningful relationships More >>
Gilbertson wants action on barriers to churn
Friday, 21 March 2025, 6:08 pm | Bill Bennett
The Commerce Commission thinks it can be too hard to switch between mobile or broadband companies and that means you may be paying too much. Also in today's newsletter... NZers love working from home and it is effective, but bosses are cracking down on ... More >>
What’s Next For COVID Vaccines In NZ? – Expert Q&A
Friday, 21 March 2025, 11:55 am | Science Media Centre
As we head into winter illness season, the SMC asked experts for the latest on our COVID vaccines. An updated vaccine targeting new COVID variants became available in January. Dr Lisa Connor, head of the Connor laboratory and programme leader of ... More >>
AI To Find New Chemical Reactions In Data Archives
Friday, 21 March 2025, 9:01 am | Skoltech
The search engine is capable of analyzing data from different fields of chemistry, leading to the discovery of new reactions, catalysts, and mechanisms. The use of existing data not only accelerates scientific progress, but also reduces experiment More >>
Protect Yourself From Cyberstalking Now; Anti-Stalking Bill Still A Work In Progress
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 7:28 pm | Gen Digital
Researchers from Avast recommend 5-Point Stalkerware Quick Check. Avast, a part of Gen, is also a proud member of the Coalition Against Stalkerware which provides a variety of resources for people who have been impacted. More >>
Antarctic Sea Ice Levels Have Been At Record Lows For The Last Three Years, A Global Report Shows
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 11:56 am | Science Media Centre
The World Meteorological Organisation's State of the Global Climate 2024 report highlights record glacier loss, extreme temperatures, unprecedented CO levels, and accelerating sea level rise. Experts react. More >>
Low-cost Diagnostic Tool Could Significantly Improve Crop Production In Developing Countries
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 11:17 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The rapid test uses a combination of chemistries to identify plant disease and will allow growers to remove unhealthy plants in the field early in their growing season, enabling them to increase crop production of important food sources such as maize. More >>
New Zealanders Spending More Time Online Than Ever - InternetNZ
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:28 am | InternetNZ
Internet Insights is an annual survey of New Zealanders' habits, concerns and awareness of the online world, and has seen a steady increase in the amount of time we spend online. More >>
New Zealanders Highly Concerned About Online Misinformation, Harm, And Harassment
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:27 am | InternetNZ
Vivien Maidaborn thinks the survey results reflect an environment in which people have to be vigilant about unregulated online spaces where it’s easy for mistruths to spread. More >>
Concern About AI Remains High Amongst New Zealanders
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:24 am | InternetNZ
InternetNZ Chief Executive Vivien Maidaborn believes that widespread acceptance of AI is still yet to come, but acknowledges that New Zealanders are taking the initiative to understand AI and its implications. More >>
Desire For Flexibility Remains Amid Fall In Number Of Remote Workers
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:22 am | InternetNZ
Vivien Maidaborn, CEO of InternetNZ, believes that while employers are reconsidering work-from-home arrangements and are modifying their policies, the call from employees to work from home more is not going away. More >>
Women, Elderly, And Minority Groups More Concerned About Online Harm, Study Reveals
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:20 am | InternetNZ
A staggering 71% of New Zealanders surveyed said they are either extremely or very concerned about young children accessing inappropriate content - making it the top concern for the fifth year in a row. More >>
Many New Zealanders Confused About Where To Report Harmful Online Content, Survey
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:18 am | InternetNZ
InternetNZ Chief Executive, Vivien Maidaborn feels that creating clarity in the current systems would make it more obvious for people to know what to do in such situations. More >>
Citizen Science Seismometers Could Revolutionise Earthquake Monitoring, New Research Shows
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 9:52 am | Natural Hazards Commission
Illsley-Kemp was also surprised to find the devices accurately located earthquakes, despite users’ exact locations being obscured for privacy reasons. More >>
Pacific Island Water Security Requires New Approach
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 5:55 pm | Flinders University
“These atoll islands have the most threatened fresh groundwater on earth, and are relied upon by some of the most remote communities,” says Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner. More >>
Fish Of The Year Winner Announced
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 6:17 am | Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust
Blobfish are found swimming off the coast of New Zealand, mainland Australia and Tasmania, where they grow slowly and could live up to 130 years. Female blobfish can lay 100,000 eggs in a single nest, usually in rocky areas on top of deep ocean ... More >>
Curious Kids: What Was The Biggest Dinosaur That Ever Lived?
Monday, 17 March 2025, 8:29 pm | The Conversation
Fossils tell us the titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs – but new discoveries could reveal new giants! More >>
Laser Technology On Subsea Cables Could Provide Earlier Tsunami Warning For The Pacific
Monday, 17 March 2025, 2:16 pm | Measurement Standards Laboratory
National Physical Laboratory Principal Scientist Giuseppe Marra said they are very excited to have started detecting earthquakes and ocean currents in the Tasman Sea. More >>
AI-driven Cyber Attacks, Ransomware Payments Rising In NZ
Saturday, 15 March 2025, 5:34 pm | Bill Bennett
Research from Kordia’s Business Cyber Security Report 2025 shows that nearly 60% of New Zealand businesses were hit by cyber-attacks in the past year, AI-powered threats and ransomware payments are top concerns. More >>
Download Weekly: ComCom Recommends Removing Rural Copper Regulations
Saturday, 15 March 2025, 5:31 pm | Bill Bennett
The Commerce Commission is in favour of deregulating copper networks outside of fibre areas. Government moving on more rural regulatory changes. 2degrees plans to offer satellite to mobile services next year. Spark cosies up to HP Enterprise. More >>
Science New Zealand 2025 Award Winners Announced
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:28 pm | Science New Zealand
The theme of this year’s awards was ‘impacts for Aotearoa New Zealand’, recognising the research driving innovation and tangible outcomes that benefit New Zealanders. More >>
Grasslanz Technology Claims Top Science Honour
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:22 pm | AgResearch
“This award is a real credit to the many people who have been a part of the enduring success of Grasslanz Technology,” says Grasslanz Technology chief executive Megan Skiffington. More >>
NZAS Supports Saving Biotechnology Capacity In Callaghan; Asks What Now For Applied Technology Group
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Association of Scientists
The Biotechnology group with Callaghan Innovation will transfer to the new Bioeconomy Public Research Organisation (PRO), which will be created from a merger of Scion, Plant and Food Research, Manaaki Whenua, and AgResearch as of 1 October 2025. More >>
Brains Of Rugby Players Aid Groundbreaking Research
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 12:17 pm | University of Auckland
A breakthrough in understanding chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to repeated head blows, has been made at the University of Auckland. More >>
Scientists Elucidate DNA Recognition By BREX System And Program Its Specificity
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:25 am | Skoltech
Researchers from the Skoltech Laboratory for Metagenome Analysis, which is led by Assistant Professor Artem Isaev, and their colleagues from the United Kingdom have studied the BREX methyltransferase and determined the protein structure. More >>
NZ’s Glaciers Have Already Lost Nearly A Third Of Their Ice – As More Vanishes, Landscapes And Lives Change
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 6:14 am | The Conversation
Snow and ice loss warms the land surface and air, setting off a feedback loop of further ice loss. This destabilises the landscape, with potentially hazardous impacts. More >>
ManageEngine Ushers In A New Era Of Customisable And Unified Security Analytics With Its Open API-Based Platform
Monday, 10 March 2025, 1:29 pm | ManageEngine
Company's SIEM Solution, Log360, Evolves Into a Unified Security Platform; Helps Simplify Security Operations and Future-Proofs Security Investments. Log360's evolution into a robust security platform began last year with key enhancements, laying the ... More >>
Mental Health Screening “Critical” For Chronic Pain Treatment – Expert Reaction
Monday, 10 March 2025, 11:24 am | Science Media Centre
The research team looked at 376 studies comprising almost 350,000 people with chronic pain around the world. Those most likely to have depression and anxiety are women, younger people, and people with a certain kind of chronic pain where there is no ... More >>
NZ Ovarian Cancer Sniffing Dogs Set To Receive Significant New Funding Boost
Monday, 10 March 2025, 8:54 am | Royal Canin
Pet health through nutrition company Royal Canin has supported K9MD since 2022, with the Foundation also funding other science and medical research programmes involving cancer sniffing dogs across the globe. More >>
Orange Roughy Leads The Pack As Fish Of The Year Heats Up
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 10:17 pm | Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust
Votes stream in as organisers prepare for a roughy and tumble week. More >>
Cyclone Alfred Is Slowing – And That Could Make It More Destructive. Here’s How Climate Change Might Have Influenced It
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 8:22 pm | The Conversation
Warmer oceans, more rain and higher seas are likely to heighten Cyclone Alfred’s impact More >>
Life X DNA Advances Home Genetic Testing For Australians Seeking Personalised Health Insights
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 2:41 pm | Life X DNA
For those following Gary Brecka’s health optimisation strategies, Life X DNA builds on his five-gene methylation test by analysing a broader spectrum of over 25 methylation-related genes. More >>
Download Weekly: One NZ chooses Ericsson for core network update
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 11:02 am | Bill Bennett
In this week's newsletter: The five-year deal with One NZ completes Ericsson's post-Huawei return from the mobile network wilderness. Digital Island declares independence from Spark. Tuanz updates the vibe if not the direction of its mission. More >>
Manawanui Fuel Removal Operation Completed – Expert Reaction
Friday, 7 March 2025, 5:21 pm | Science Media Centre
Over 320,000 litres of diesel fuel mixed with seawater have been removed and from this, just over 300,000 litres of usable diesel fuel have been extracted. Another 45,000 litres of liquid including waste oils and diesel fuel/seawater have also been ... More >>
Life X DNA Brings Genetic Methylation Testing Services In Brisbane And Gold Coast
Friday, 7 March 2025, 2:21 pm | Life X DNA
Life X DNA offers comprehensive methylation tests in Brisbane, providing detailed analysis of DNA methylation patterns that influence metabolism, immune function, and cardiovascular health. More >>
D2L Recognised As One Of The Leaders In Education Technology
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 1:06 pm | D2L
The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024, which recognised D2L Lumi, celebrate educational technology that has excelled in supporting learners and education professionals in the classroom, for professional development, or general management ... More >>
Revolutionising Fitness With Eccentric Exercise: AUT's "Strength Made Easy" Technology
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 12:44 pm | Auckland University of Technology
The AUT technology, named Eccentric Fitness Ltd, is designed to enhance both upper and lower body strength. This innovative design creates a highly effective workout without excessive strain or fatigue. More >>
NZ’s First Ever Web 3 Hackathon Aims To Design A ‘Government Department Expenditure Tracking System (NZ’s DOGE)’
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 8:32 am | Web3 Hackathon New Zealand
Web3 hackathons are events where developers, designers and innovators collaborate to build innovative applications using blockchain technology. The kiwi event has been modelled after the popular ETHGlobal events at which participants build Ethereum-based More >>
City Fires Likely To Increase With Climate Change – Expert Reaction
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 5:42 pm | Science Media Centre
As air temperatures get hotter with climate change, urban fires will get more common, with New Zealand seeing over 40% more city fires by 2100 with unmitigated warming of over 4°C, according to new overseas research. More >>
Underwater Canyon Seafloor Study Reveals Landslide And Tsunami Risk
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 2:11 pm | NIWA
By surveying, mapping and sampling two different areas off the Wairarapa and Canterbury coasts which have previously experienced huge landslides, they hope to better understand the hazard and risk potential of large underwater canyons, says NIWA marine geoscientist ... More >>
