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RNZ News
03-07-2025
- Science
- RNZ News
Find out how we can protect our smallest insects
science environment about 1 hour ago The big question when it comes to protecting our native insects is how to track them? Many of them are barely big enough to spot let alone carry a tracking device, but research from the University of Canterbury might have found the answer in harmonic radar. The project is led by Associate Professor Steve Pawson, he joined Jesse to explain how it could work.
RNZ News
28-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Our Changing World: Inside a fire lab
science environment 28 May 2025 New Zealand experiences more than 4,500 wildfires every year – and the risk of big, destructive wildfires is increasing with climate change. Ellen Rykers visits the fire lab at the University of Canterbury, a purpose-built facility for setting things on fire and studying how they burn. Researchers can burn couches or create fire tornadoes. But today, Ellen is with PhD researcher and firefighter Kate Melnick, who is researching gorse, a prickly shrub that is both common and flammable. We join Kate as she sets up a large gorse bush in the lab, ready to burn.
