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Generative AI Fills In The Gaps In Microscopy Data To Further Genetic Medicine
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:48 am | Skoltech
DNA requires more than the right set of genes: It has to have the correct 3D architecture, which is traditionally the object of statistical physics, and polymer physics in particular. More >>
Neural Networks Speed Up Search For Solid-State Battery Materials For Safer Electric Cars With Extended Range
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 8:58 am | Skoltech
So far solid-state batteries have not been adopted by carmakers, but EV developers are looking to capitalize on the technology before competitors. The new type of energy storage could improve fire safety and boost EV range by up to 50%. More >>
UNC6040 Hacks Salesforce Via Vishing And Malicious Data Loader Apps, Google Warns
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 12:17 pm | Google Threat Intelligence Group - GTIG
According to Google, attackers impersonate IT support on live calls, directing users to approve unauthorised Data Loader apps via Salesforce's connected app interface. These apps, often disguised with innocuous names like “My Ticket Portal,” grant ... More >>
AI-Driven Structured Literacy Programme Delivers Impressive Results In NZ Schools
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 12:00 pm | Writers' Toolbox
For classes using the AI writing programme in Tawhiti School (Taranaki), the incidence of incomplete sentences among boys was halved across years, from 21% in 2023 to 10% in 2024. Boys also showed exceptional drops in the percentage of struggling writers, ... More >>
Snowflake Unveils Comprehensive Product Innovations To Empower Enterprises To Achieve Full Potential Through Data And AI
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 12:41 pm | Snowflake
With Snowflake Openflow, users can harness their data across the entire end-to-end data lifecycle, while adapting to evolving data standards and business demands. More >>
Study Shows Smart Limpets Keep Their Cool In Warming Climate
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 10:38 am | University of Canterbury
Humble limpets clinging to rocky shores around Aotearoa are surprisingly savvy when it comes to climate change adaptation, a new Canterbury study shows. More >>
Will Robots Help Older People Stay Sharp?
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 11:09 am | University of Auckland
The study involves people aged over 65 chatting with Pepper the robot and a virtual human, while engaging in activities, such as physical exercises, cognitive games, and watching a video about mild cognitive impairment. More >>
Why Is The New Zealand Media Not Questioning The Implications Of The Gene Technology Bill?
Monday, 2 June 2025, 4:15 pm | Lisa Er
Despite the profound ethical, environmental, and societal implications, there has been a noticeable lack of critical scrutiny from the mainstream media, says Lisa Er. More >>
Fires Linked To Lithium Batteries Have Doubled. Why The Delay In Dealing With Them?
Monday, 2 June 2025, 3:51 pm | RNZ
The number of lithium battery-linked blazes has doubled. What's being done to stop it? More >>
The Good, The Bad, And The Apocalypse: Tech Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Lays Out His Stark Vision For AI
Monday, 2 June 2025, 3:32 pm | RNZ
It's the question that keeps Geoffrey Hinton up at night: What happens when humans are no longer the most intelligent life on the planet? More >>
Rocket Lab Enters Payload Market With Agreement To Acquire Geost
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:47 pm | Rocket Lab
The strategic acquisition would create an entirely new category for Rocket Lab, positioning the Company as a disruptor for national security space. More >>
Earth’s Seasonal Rhythms Are Changing, Putting Species And Ecosystems At Risk
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 3:41 pm | The Conversation
Although biologists have studied seasonal processes for centuries, we know surprisingly little about the impacts of shifting seasons. We are likely underestimating the repercussions. More >>
Netsafe And Chorus Power Up Online Safety For Older Adults
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 7:50 pm | Netsafe
Netsafe added 12 new resources to the 'Get Set Up for Safety' programme, a collection of fact sheets, guides and learning activities for older adults and people who support them. The tools are designed to build digital confidence and help older people stay ... More >>
Fake AI Tools Lure Social Media Users In Global Malware Scam
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:33 am | Mandiant
Mandiant’s investigation, which began in late 2024, has uncovered thousands of ads linked to the scam, with many of them reaching audiences in the millions. A sample of 120 Facebook ads targeting European users alone had a combined reach of over 2.3 ... More >>
Bioshields Could Help Slow Tsunami Flow
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:00 am | GNS Science
Lead researcher and GNS Tsunami Scientist Jean Roger said the study findings are expected to help local governments, planners, environmental agencies and infrastructure managers make informed decisions about natural environment management and natural ... More >>
Winemakers Reclaim Wine Quality And Value With New Molecular Filtration Tech
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 4:44 pm | amaea
amaea’s smart polymers enable US and NZ wine producers to selectively remove unwanted sensory compounds and recover higher-value wine. More >>
Hopes For UN Ocean Conference – Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 4:37 pm | Science Media Centre
Next week’s One Ocean Science Congress (3-6 June) will provide a scientific foundation for the UN Ocean Conference (9-13 June). The SMC asked experts about what they want to see from the UN Ocean Conference, and their plans at the Science Congress. More >>
Antarctic Footprint Clean-up Challenges - How A Remote Antarctic Base Clean-up Protected One Of Earth’s Clearest Lakes
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 3:48 pm | NIWA
Dr Howard-Williams says while recent guidelines on cleaning up contaminated sites in Antarctica outlined in the Antarctic Clean Up Manual are useful, challenges remain particularly when not much is known about the consequences of contamination of Antarctic ... More >>
Is Natural Hydrogen The Way To Reach Net-Zero Carbon By 2050?
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 12:56 pm | University of Canterbury
New Zealand is one of a few sites globally where ultramafic ophiolite rocks are located at or near the earth’s surface and therefore could economically generate natural hydrogen. For New Zealand to reach net carbon zero by 2050, an estimated 80% of the ... More >>
Sustainable Science In Action At Fieldays© 2025
Monday, 26 May 2025, 1:30 pm | Massey University
The project began with New Zealand’s first large-scale genetic study of working dogs, sequencing the genomes of 249 Huntaways, Heading Dogs and crossbreds. This revealed over 19 million DNA variants, a vital first step in uncovering how genetics ... More >>
Plastic Levels In Indoor Auckland Air Much Higher Than At Outdoor Site
Monday, 26 May 2025, 10:14 am | University of Auckland
The average concentration of plastic was 830 nanograms per cubic metre of air, more than ten times higher than a reading at an outdoor site elsewhere. More >>
E-bikes For Everyone: 3 NZ Trials Show People Will Make The Switch – With The Right Support
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 2:41 pm | The Conversation
These pilot schemes suggest e-bikes can be popular even in non-riding communities. But easy access, infrastructure and local organisation are all vital. More >>
Budget 2025 Robs Researchers To Pay For Regulation
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Association of Scientists
This year’s budget allows us to update our analysis showing how far short of the 0.6% of GDP target we fall. We advocate for alternative budgets that initially restore core public research investment to inflation-adjusted 2019 levels and then proceed ... More >>
2025 NZ Hi-Tech Awards Winners Announced | Sold Out TSB Area Hosts The 30th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 12:45 pm | NZ Hi-Tech Awards
SYOS Aerospace took out the top honour at the 2025 NZ Hi-Tech Awards, being named the PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year. More >>
Budget 2025: Science System Funding – Expert Reaction
Friday, 23 May 2025, 6:23 pm | Science Media Centre
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti announced that the Budget was reprioritising existing funding towards “new growth-promoting investments.” The SMC asked experts to comment. More >>
Budget Reaction – Time To Back Science With Long-Term Investment
Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:09 pm | IRANZ
Budget 2025 underdelivers for science - at best holding funding steady in nominal terms, and at worse an actual reduction to health research funding, while inflation continues to erode our national science capability. More >>
Trans Tasman AI Collaboration Links High School Students With Trailblazer
Friday, 23 May 2025, 10:19 am | Auckland University of Technology
AUT Vice-Chancellor, Professor Damon Salesa, says that as New Zealand’s only university of technology, AUT is proud to collaborate on initiatives that harness the power of technology to shape a better future. More >>
Feeling Hard Done By? New Study Looks At The Effects
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:25 am | University of Auckland
Drawing from data collected over nine years as part of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS), researchers examined responses from more than 50,000 New Zealanders to explore how perceptions of economic inequality affected emotional wellbeing ... More >>
Boulder Washed Inland A Sign Of Pacific Tsunami History
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 6:09 pm | University of Queensland
PhD candidate Martin Köhler from The University of Queensland’s School of the Environment says the Maka Lahi boulder measuring 14 x 12 x 6.7 metres was moved more than 200 metres inland by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago. More >>
Our Changing World: Dissecting The World’s Rarest Whale
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:38 pm | RNZ
It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve? More >>
NZ Budget 2025: Science Investment Must Increase As A Proportion Of GDP For NZ To Innovate And Compete
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:09 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand trails far behind other wealthy countries in research funding and strategy. This inhibits the innovation that could drive a more productive economy. More >>
Datadog AI Research Launches New Open-Weights AI Foundation Model And Observability Benchmark
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:12 am | Datadog
The initial releases from Datadog AI Research are Toto and BOOM. Toto is the first open-source foundation model focused on observability. Time series foundation models (TSFMs) are to time series what LLMs are to language. More >>
F5 Delivers Scalable And Secure Cloud-Native Network Functionality For AI And High-Bandwidth Applications
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:35 pm | F 5
F5 has unveiled F5 BIG-IP Next Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF) 2.0, an evolved solution that significantly enhances the capabilities of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) for large-scale cloud-native applications. More >>
F5 Expands Strategic Collaboration With Red Hat To Enable Scalable, Secure Enterprise AI
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 2:59 pm | F 5
Solutions address key challenges in enterprise AI adoption—enabling secure model serving, scalable data movement, and real-time inference across environments. F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises ... More >>
Proposed Increase To Glyphosate Limits – Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 12:39 pm | Science Media Centre
The proposed amendments change or set maximum residue levels in food sold in NZ for 14 substances, including glyphosate. Glyphosate limits would increase for certain cereal and pea crops, to “support existing use” as a preharvest herbicide or ... More >>
New Cyber Threat 'Hazy Hawk' Hijacks Major Domains – Are You At Risk?
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 12:32 pm | Infoblox
Infoblox Threat Intel has tracked some of this activity to a threat actor, dubbed Hazy Hawk, that uses hijacked domains to conduct large-scale scams and malware distribution. Hazy Hawk is a sophisticated threat actor that hijacks forgotten DNS records from ... More >>
From Way Back To The Future: Space-Time Ripples Study Heralded
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 11:16 am | University of Canterbury
A UC major breakthrough in gravitational physics has been recognised by a top international scientific journal. More >>
BLDC Motor Controller That Cuts Downtime By 30% Here’s How
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:14 am | Hugh Grant
A BLDC, or the Brushless DC motor, is an electrically operated motor that is an upgraded alternative to the traditional brushed DC motors. As the name suggests, it is free of brushes or commutators for mechanical commutation. More >>
How AI Is Changing Web Scraping: From Coding To Natural Language
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 8:57 am | Hugh Grant
AI-driven web scraping is leading the charge, with a projected 17.8% annual growth rate and businesses everywhere—from e-commerce to finance—jumping on board for smarter, faster data extraction. More >>
Bee Inspired By Nature To Nourish Us All: World Bee Day, 20 May 2025
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:42 pm | Apiculture NZ
While some countries have been struggling with dramatic colony losses over winter, colony loss rates in New Zealand over the cold winter months have been declining. More >>
Top Astronomy Award For Kaikōura Dark Skies Advocate
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:40 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust founding member Nicky McArthur is the recipient of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand's Bright Star Award. More >>
Researchers Uncover Giant 30-year-old Fungus Near Eltham
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 7:44 pm | RNZ
A trio of fungal experts stumbled across the largest Ganoderma specimen they had ever seen during the annual New Zealand Fungal Foray this week in Taranaki. More >>
Chief Science Advisor Needs Courage To Take Honest Look At GE Failures
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:49 pm | GE Free NZ
The new Chief Scientist should recommend aligning research investment with the existing value food chain to preserve New Zealand’s healthy, high quality food that is GE Free. More >>
Tiny Lantern To Illuminate Blood Vessel Health — From Within
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:30 pm | Skoltech
Endoscopic probes made of glass fiber are a promising way to reach hard-to-access regions in the body for medical imaging or therapeutic purposes. More >>
The Selwyn Foundation Announces First-of-its-Kind Investment In Older Persons’ Wellbeing Focused On Dementia Support
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 7:34 pm | Selwyn Foundation
The new agreement, announced at the 15 May Scaling Investments into Social Impact forum co-hosted by The Selwyn Foundation, the Impact Investing Network and Forsyth Barr, deepens the relationship further and signifies Selwyn’s first impact investment. More >>
Macquarie Cloud Services Collaborates With CAUDIT To Advance IT In Education
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 2:25 pm | Macquarie Cloud Services
Macquarie Cloud Services to provide a purpose-built platform for Australasian education and research sectors to modernise IT infrastructure securely, affordably, and without disruption. More >>
Investing In Older Adult Vaccination: A $1 Billion Opportunity For New Zealand’s Health And Economy
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:23 am | GSK New Zealand
In addition to preventing over 8,000 hospitalisations, 137,000 GP visits, and over 2,400 emergency department presentations, the vaccination programme would also increase productivity and volunteer contributions from older adults. More >>
NZ’s Methane Reducing Vaccine Selected As Global Finalist For Innovation Showcase In Boston, USA
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 4:17 pm | Lucidome Bio
Lucidome Bio’s pioneering solution has been hailed as a potential ‘holy grail’ for climate action in agriculture - a low-cost, high-impact tool that could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. More >>
Cyber Threats Escalate As India-Pakistan Tensions Spill Online
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 3:34 pm | Radware
“What’s unfolding is a digital echo of the military conflict,” said Radware in its report. “The cyber battlefield is now just as active.” More >>
Why It’s Critical That The Australian Government Expands The Scams Prevention Framework Bill To Other Sectors
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 1:06 pm | Yubico
The SPF Bill is a crucial step toward creating a safer digital environment by fostering an ecosystem where businesses and the government share information and collaborate to disrupt scams. More >>
Oceans Symposium Highlights Need To Establish Independent Oceans Commission
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:54 pm | EDS
An overarching theme of the day was the power of collaborative effort in achieving positive change. More >>
NZ-made ‘Cutting-Edge’ VR Experience Tours The UK
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 1:59 pm | Antarctic Heritage Trust
The VR experience uses a combination of LiDar and photogrammetry data to give the public access to the first expedition base on Antarctica’s Ross Island built in 1902 - making it over 122 years old. More >>
Revolutionising Predator Control: A New Wave Of Tech Tools Accelerating New Zealand’s Predator Free Mission
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 1:05 pm | Predator Free 2050
Developed through Predator Free 2050 Limited (PF2050 Limited) Products to Projects (P2P) funding of innovation since 2019, 20 cutting-edge tools are becoming operational with more on the way. More >>
Anti-Ransomware Day: Building Cyber Resilience To Address Evolving Threats
Monday, 12 May 2025, 1:11 pm | Commvault
Today on Anti-Ransomware Day, Commvault’s Darren Thomson said: “Ransomware attacks continue to escalate year after year, and cybercriminals are no longer just chasing payouts – they’re hunting for headlines. More >>
First Marae Based Fresh Water Testing Science Lab Grand Opening 16-17 May 2025
Saturday, 10 May 2025, 10:44 am | Te Runanga o Ngati Hinemanu
The lab will amalgamate the best of both mātauranga Māori and western scientific methodologies in order to protect wai Māori (freshwater) and build the capacity and capability of iwi freshwater practitioners, or “Kaitiaki Rangers”, of all ... More >>
Students Representing New Zealand At The ‘Olympics Of Science Fairs’ Forging Pathway For International Recognition
Friday, 9 May 2025, 2:25 pm | NIWA
The last time a New Zealand student attended this event was in 2013 and it is only the second time that more than one student from New Zealand has taken part in the international event showcasing scientific inquiry, innovation and creativity. More >>
Nutanix Enables Agentic AI Anywhere With Latest Release Of Nutanix Enterprise AI
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:07 pm | Nutanix
Integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise adds new capabilities to accelerate the adoption of production agentic workloads in the enterprise. The latest NAI release extends a shared model service methodology that simplifies agentic workflows, helping to ... More >>
Nozomi Networks Integrates NVIDIA Blue Field DPUs To Advance AI-Powered Security For OT, IoT And Cyber-Physical System
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:01 pm | Nozomi Networks
Critical Infrastructure organisations worldwide have the option to build stronger defences by leverage the leading AI-powered security solution, running on the most advanced compute processing power available for AI. More >>
Dancing With Scammers: The Telegram Tango Investigation
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 11:31 am | Infoblox
Infoblox Threat Intel's latest investigation, titled "Telegram Tango: Dancing With a Scammer", offers a unique, firsthand account of a threat researcher’s journey through a scam, providing valuable insights into the mechanics of cybercrime. More >>
Radware And SUSE Partner To Fortify Cloud-Native Infrastructure At Scale
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 11:24 am | Radware
The combined offering is certified for use on SUSE Rancher Prime and SUSE Edge platforms, enabling seamless interoperability and enterprise-grade performance across hybrid and edge-native deployments. More >>
