Our Changing World

GlycoSyn's Paul Benjes gives Ruth Beran a tour of their experimental drug making facility Audio

The University of Auckland's Leigh Marine Lab has been carrying out a wide range of research for more than 35 years Audio

Biomineralisation in nature produces hard things like bones - and scientists are trying to copy it in the lab Audio

Silicon treated in an ion implanter produces nanowhiskers which may be useful for computer and TV screens Audio

Anatomy professors and a doctor turned film-maker have worked together on a film about the use of human bodies to train doctors Audio

The Pupu hydro scheme, distributed power generation, and the role of feed-in tariffs Audio

The Malaghan Institute's Elizabeth Forbes is interested in how food allergies develop. Audio

Evolutionary geneticist Ross Crozier is interested in genetic factors underlying the evolution of behaviour in social insects. Audio

Landcare Research scientists are using biofilters to convert the potent greenhouse gas methane to carbon dioxide. Audio

University of Auckland scientists are investigating the microbes that live in the guts of honeydew scale insects. Audio

Mark Le Gros and Carolyn Larabell describe the biological imaging microscope they built on a Californian synchrotron beamline Audio

Chris Howe is using techniques for studying the evolution of mutations in DNA to analyse the evolution of medieval texts Audio