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Scientists find formula for rate of glacial erosion
Friday, 9 October 2015, 10:30 am | GNS Science
It’s a truism that mathematical relationships are present nearly everywhere in nature, probably more than we realise. The latest place they have turned up is on the underside of glaciers. More >>
Smart Modelling to Help with Aquifer Management
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 3:58 pm | GNS Science
Smart modelling techniques are going to provide the horsepower behind a range of new methods to improve the management of New Zealand’s aquifers. More >>
New Research Programme Aims to Lift Oil & Gas Exploration
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 2:51 pm | GNS Science
GNS Science has been awarded funding for a four-year research programme to improve the chances of finding oil and gas accumulations in New Zealand’s sedimentary basins. More >>
Joint Venture Sells Meat Scanner Software to Multi-National
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 11:13 am | GNS Science
Scanning technology that has advanced quality control in New Zealand’s red meat industry, saving millions of dollars a year, has been sold to the multi-national precision instrument-maker Mettler Toledo for an undisclosed sum. More >>
Ruapehu – an Explosive Past Makes for a Safer Future
Monday, 10 August 2015, 11:22 am | GNS Science
later this week for an event to mark the 20-year anniversary of Mt Ruapehu's 1995-96 eruptions. More >>
NZ and Philippines Co-Operate in Geothermal Energy
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 9:53 am | GNS Science
GNS Science and Philippine geothermal company Energy Development Corporation (EDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on geothermal energy developments in several countries. More >>
‘World First’ Drilling Project to Investigate Quakes
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 9:39 am | GNS Science
An international proposal to use scientific ocean drilling to investigate ‘silent earthquakes’ under the seafloor east of Gisborne has been scheduled for 2018 by the International Ocean Discovery Program. More >>
Resilience Challenge to Focus on Natural Hazards
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 10:30 am | GNS Science
The Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge was formally launched this week ushering in a collaborative and holistic approach to building resilience to natural hazards in New Zealand. More >>
Quake Instruments to Be Retrieved After 12 Months
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 9:27 am | GNS Science
Scientists from the United States, Japan, and New Zealand will retrieve instruments from the seafloor near Poverty Bay over the next two weeks as part of a project to measure earthquake activity and movement of the seafloor where the Pacific Plate ... More >>
Tuesday’s Quake Unlikely to Affect the Alpine Fault
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 2:28 pm | GNS Science
Scientists believe this week’s magnitude 6.0 quake west of Arthur's Pass has not increased the chance of a rupture on the Alpine Fault, about 20km to the west of Tuesday’s epicentre. More >>
Taupo hosts international conference on volcanoes
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 11:26 am | GNS Science
Volcanoes in the central North Island will get star billing when volcanologists from all over the world gather in Taupo this weekend for a week-long conference on calderas (large collapsed volcanoes). More >>
Nanotechnology to help in electricity production
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 4:03 pm | GNS Science
Nanotechnology to help in electricity production New Zealand could tap into a global market worth billions of dollars by using nanotechnology to develop electrical generators that are efficient at converting ‘waste heat’ into electricity. More >>
Alpine Fault Drilling Project Moves into New Phase
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 1:43 pm | GNS Science
The multi-national Alpine Fault drilling project has moved to a new phase with a new drilling rig positioned over the borehole to take the probe to its target depth of 1.3km. More >>
Scientific Drilling Project Underway on Alpine Fault
Monday, 6 October 2014, 5:15 pm | GNS Science
An international team of scientists has started drilling a 1.3km-deep borehole into the Alpine Fault in the South Island to find out more about the nature of the fault and the earthquakes it produces. More >>
New Data Resource to Help in the Search for Oil And Gas
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 4:17 pm | GNS Science
Geologists will produce a series of freely available digital maps and a comprehensive database over the next four years to help exploration companies pinpoint prospective areas to explore for oil and gas in New Zealand’s offshore territory. More >>
Boost for Mineral Exploration in MBIE Funding Round
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 3:17 pm | GNS Science
Mineral exploration received a boost this week with the government investing $4 million in a four-year research project to improve the knowledge and understanding of New Zealand’s gold deposits. More >>
Revamped geothermal laboratories open for business
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:12 pm | GNS Science
New Zealand’s only full service geothermal and groundwater laboratory, unique in the Southern Hemisphere, opened for business this week after a $4 million upgrade. More >>
Scientists Plan Deep Drill Probe in Alpine Fault
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 4:51 pm | GNS Science
A New Zealand-led international science team is planning to drill a 1.3km-deep hole into the Alpine Fault in the South Island later this year to find out more about the nature of the fault and the earthquakes it produces. More >>
Dinosaur Footprints Set to Tour NZ
Monday, 26 May 2014, 2:15 pm | GNS Science
Sophie Thomson, 11, with some of the 70 millon-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered on a coastal stretch northwest of Nelson. More >>
Scientists probe Lake Rotomahana's volcanic heat engine
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 2:36 pm | GNS Science
The scientists who found remnants of the Pink and White Terraces under Lake Rotomahana two years ago are back at the lake this week measuring its geothermal heat output. More >>
