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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 >>
Seafloor Of New Zealand’s Most Important Fishing Grounds Shows Resilience
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 1:00 pm | NIWA
The research found that some aspects of seafloor ecosystems on the Chatham Rise showed an ability to recover relatively quickly from physical disturbances, such as those caused by seafloor mining and trawling. More >>
UTS Speeds Student Enrolment And Exam Results With Boomi
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 12:12 pm | Boomi
Australian university taps Boomi’s managed cloud services to power data-centric student experiences, and form a scalable integration engine. Establishing scalable connectivity between digital systems was critical to fulfilling the university's ... More >>
A10 Networks Expands Its Cybersecurity Portfolio With Acquisition Of ThreatX Protect
Monday, 3 March 2025, 12:15 pm | A10 Networks
Attacks against web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) are on the rise and are a significant threat to enterprises. ThreatX Protect Addresses Critical Need to Protect Against Evolving Application and API Security Threats. More >>
AI Will Help Rule Out Deterioration In Pill Efficacy
Friday, 28 February 2025, 10:29 pm | Skoltech
Machine learning will help drug designers check for unexpected decline in pill efficacy. More >>
New Study: Whole Goat Milk Formula Shows Potential Benefits Over Cow Milk Formula
Friday, 28 February 2025, 8:21 pm | Dairy Goat Cooperative
Infants fed whole goat milk formula had a greater reduction in the frequency of regurgitation four weeks after transitioning from breastmilk, and had lower levels of markers for stress and inflammation measured two weeks after transitioning, than infants fed ... More >>
Download Weekly: Chorus First Half Flat As Economy Bites
Friday, 28 February 2025, 6:26 pm | Bill Bennett
Chorus posted a flat first half result for the 2025 financial year showing a net loss of $5 million. Sky finds another satellite. First Eutelsat 5G satellite call. More >>
How To Make Technology More Accessible For Older People
Friday, 28 February 2025, 3:51 pm | University of Auckland
Themes emerging from her research with older people so far include widespread concerns about scams, feeling excluded from social media platforms that appear to promise connection, and the desire for in-person tech support. More >>
OFS Launches Mayvn AI To Change The Game In Manufacturing
Friday, 28 February 2025, 2:23 pm | OFS
Mayvn AI has been trialled with major Australian and global manufacturers, including iconic U.S. confectionery manufacturer, Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE: TR), which has been able to reduce certain data-related procedures by more than 90 per cent. More >>
Enhances Data Centre Capabilities To Meet Growing Demand For Secure And Scalable Infrastructure
Friday, 28 February 2025, 1:32 pm | Micron21
Security is paramount at Micron21. The data centre is an AS ISO 14520 compliant building equipped with fully redundant VESDA detection and a ProInert (IG-55) Fire Suppression System. More >>
Carbon Capture And Storage In Aotearoa – Expert Q+A
Friday, 28 February 2025, 12:08 pm | Science Media Centre
The SMC asked local experts to provide background information on the research behind carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS). More >>
Cxbladder Incorporated Into AUA Clinical Guideline
Friday, 28 February 2025, 10:16 am | Pacific Edge
Pacific Edge today announces the American Urological Association (AUA) has included Cxbladder Triage as the standard of care in an amendment to its clinical guideline for the management of patients presenting with microhematuria. More >>
F5 launches the First Converged Application Delivery And Security Platform For Hybrid Multicloud in the AI era
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 4:11 pm | F 5
AI is accelerating innovation, but also intensifying the high costs, crushing complexity, and escalating cyber risks that have IT and security teams in crisis,” said François Locoh-Donou, President and CEO of F5. More >>
