Our Changing World

Sports scientist Paul Macdermid is studying how people run on a water treadmill compared with an ordinary treadmill Read more Video, Audio

Chime Red is a Victoria University collaboration music and engineering students using three Tesla coils, the MechBass robotic bass guitar and robotic drums Read more Audio

The Roof Water Research Centre looks at ways of collecting microbiologically safe rain water Read more Audio

The impact of visual cues from heads-up displays like Google Glass are being examined to determine their impact on climbing Read more Audio

Since he discovered a colony of fairy prions breeding on the sea cliffs of St Clair, Graeme Loh has provided artificial burrows and monitored the small seabird population Read more Audio

The 2014 winner of New Zealand's top science honour, the Rutherford Medal, is theoretical chemist Peter Schwerdtfeger Audio

An early intervention called ENGAGE is using games to teach self regulation skills to preschoolers at risk of developing ADHD Read more Audio

Using metal ions and organic ligands, Shane Telfer is creating porous materials called metal-organic frameworks which can store or separate gases Read more Audio

A botanist, planner, zoologist and entomologist collaborated in a survey of Dunedin gardens to find out how well native biodiversity fares in cities Read more Audio

An international team of geologists, led by New Zealand, is drilling deep into the Alpine Fault to study the inner workings of a plate boundary fault. Read more Audio

Austin Boles is part of the research team drilling deep into the Alpine Fault. His focus is on the rle of minerals in earthquake ruptures. Audio

A virtual reality environment is being trialled to help stroke survivors improve their prospective memory to do things in the future Read more Audio