Nov 23, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Owen Poland Is New Zealand’s infrastructure ready for an increased uptake in electric vehicles? Experts at the University are helping devise the technology needed as well as working to remove barriers to access. The fact that the Huntly Power Station has burned...
Oct 14, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Laura Pirovano There’s too much junk in space and a real need to know where it is moving, to protect important spacecraft and satellites, writes Laura Pirovano. Space – vast and almost empty. This has always been our view and it has hardly changed even with...
Jul 28, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Gilbert Wong Space might be the final frontier, but, like all frontiers it’s strewn with junk. Luckily, Professor Guglielmo Aglietti, director of the Auckland Space Institute has a plan. Three giant monitors line the front of the Mission Operations Control Centre...
Mar 24, 2021 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Climate change is the biggest issue facing the world as we head further into the century. Flooding, drought, and rising sea levels are just some of the major climate events that are already affecting millions. One of the major issues, as a result, is how...
Dec 3, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Venkat Viswanathan, Shanshank Sripad & William Leif Fredericks As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? As electric cars and trucks appear...