Physics
Nights Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy, director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland joins us again. Back in February he spoke about the physics of keeping cool. Tonight he's investigating keeping warm. Audio
Dr Nicola Gaston - The Chemistry of Things
Dr Nicola Gaston is the new co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute and an associate professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland. Gaston was a senior lecturer in the School of… Audio
Superconductor sandwiches
High temperature superconductor research in New Zealand includes new nano-scale superconductor sandwiches. Audio
Our Changing World for 29 March 2018
Dragonflies are exquisite flying machines with an ancient history, and high temperature superconductor research that includes superconductor sandwiches. Audio
The physics of blood spatter
Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood spatter evidence at crime scenes. Audio
Brian Cox: 'Mars will be an interesting place to be'
Humans are physically insignificant both individually and as a civilisation, but if we are very rare in the universe – as science suggests – we are also extremely valuable, says particle physicist… Audio
Breaking through the mysteries of Antarctic sea-ice
Kathryn Ryan talks to the University of Otago's sea-ice expert Professor Pat Langhorne. Sea-ice physics is a relatively new discipline, and there are many important questions that are still… Audio
Nights Science - Physics
Professor Shaun Hendy talks about New Zealand physicist John Ziman. Audio
Can't pop this: bubble scientist's passion for physics
Dr Helen Czerski talks to Kathryn Ryan about how looking closer at everyday objects opens the door to the fundamentals of physics. She is a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at… Audio
The Greatest Story Ever Told ...so far
Theoretical physicist, Lawrence Krauss on why we are all here, and how humanity has reached its current understanding of the universe. His latest book The Greatest Story Ever Told - so far, explores… Audio
Proof - the physics of creating a gas droplet
New Zealand physicists developed a theory about ultra cold gas 'droplets' that was proved in an experiment in Germany. Video, Audio
A Time Traveller's Tale
String theory, multiverses, the big bang, and inflation theory can be mind-bending concepts to ponder. Dr Brian Greene loves to re-imagine the very structure of our universe, and find one simple… Audio
Nights' Science - Shaun Hendy
Trump and scientists - disappearing data from EPA and Whitehouse websites, scientists are getting organised to protest Trump with the #ScienceMarch. Audio
Quantum mechanics - do deep-sea bacteria do it?
Quantum mechanics describes how our universe behaves at an atomic level. It involves waves and particles, and deep-sea bacteria use it to harvest light very efficiently. Audio
Nights' Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy, director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland, on this year's nobel prize winners and the transitional states of matter they've discovered - why do the same bunch of… Audio
Nights' Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy from the University of Auckland examines the life and work New Zealand astronomer and and cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley. The Association of Scientists have just awarded the very… Audio
Nights' Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy, director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland introduces the work of German physicist Emmy Noether who proved that whenever you have a continuous symmetry in physics… Audio
Nights' Science - Physics
What does gravity sound like? Prof. Shaun Hendy director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland is explains the LIGO discovery. Audio
David Wiltshire: gravitational waves and black holes
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, discussing the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves, and the New Zealand connection… Audio
Nights' Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland on the study of matter, energy, and the interactions between them... do black holes exist or not Audio