Science & Engineering News
Agribusiness Innovation and Growth 2013 23rd May 2013New Zealand's agritech sector is a $3 billion industry, generating export sales in excess of $700 million a year. Top players in the sector are gathering in Hamilton on the night before Fieldays for a mini-symposium on agribusiness and innovation..
WaikatoLink in finals of KiwiNet awards for spinouts Aldera and Aduro Biopolymers 23rd May 2013WaikatoLink Limited, the technology transfer office of the University of Waikato, has been selected as a finalist for two awards in the inaugural KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards for spinout companies Aldera and Aduro Biopolymers.
Fulbright researcher tackles nitrogen run-off 23rd May 2013David Zweig, 22, from Fayetteville, Arkansas could have chosen any country in the world to study in.
Antarctica for all to see 22nd May 2013A love of photography and Antarctica means Waikato doctoral student Stephen Archer is in snow-heaven when he goes down to the ice each summer.
Swamp kauri give up their climate secrets 22nd May 2013
Northland swamp kauri is helping University of Waikato scientists compile a timeline of changes in climate going back millennia.
Re-discoveries on the ice 22nd May 2013Antarctic masters student Kristi Bennett found a white springtail down on the ice this summer; a species that hadn't been seen since the 1960s when it was first discovered.
First Terry Healy Memorial Award recipients announced 20th May 2013The first two recipients of the Terry Healy Memorial Award have been announced, with Andi Ramli and Stephen Hunt both receiving $750 to help them attend international conferences.
National Agricultural Fieldays Scholarship winners announced 17th May 2013Two University of Waikato science and engineering students have been awarded the 2013 National Agricultural Fieldays Scholarships.
Flipped soil tipped to help drought prone areas 17th May 2013Flipping soil in drought-prone areas has been shown to have positive effects on pasture growth, says a University of Waikato Masters student.
Scholarship win helps Waikato student in bioplastic work 17th May 2013University of Waikato PhD student Talia Hicks has won a Fieldays scholarship for her work looking at how to decolour bloodmeal and work this into the bioplastic manufacturing process.
Waikato graduate enjoying position at Hill Laboratories 16th May 2013Waikato engineering graduate Mikita Thakor says the hands-on nature of her degree set her up with the vital skills she uses every day in her position at Hill Laboratories.
Waikato graduate lands job in geothermal industry 16th May 2013Waikato University graduate Holly Goddard has landed a job that gives her an opportunity to learn more about geothermal energy.
PM’s Chief Science Advisor challenges science community 10th May 2013It was standing room only on Friday afternoon when the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman outlined the recently released National Science Challenge at the University of Waikato.
"Troubling" report highlights deficiencies in environmental monitoring 6th May 2013University of Waikato doctoral student Marie Brown made headlines when she released her study on environmental monitoring. She says as many as a third of resource consent holders are breaking environmental promises.
Complex biology simplified at professorial lecture 2nd May 2013In the opening of his Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Professor Vic Arcus joked that he had been too ambitious with his lecture title. Yet throughout his talk Prof Arcus managed to skilfully communicate how complex ideas in the field of molecular biology highlight the simplicity of life on Earth.
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