Light

Guy Warman, at the University of Auckland, explores how anaesthesia affects the body's biological clock and whether light therapy could help reduce sleep disruption post surgery. Audio

A Wellington sculptor and his former workmates from Weta Workshop have come up with new technology for light-works that can fade and change colour so slowly, it's imperceptible to the eye… Audio

The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies is a Centre for Research Excellence that is partnering with Otago Museum Audio

Not so many years ago, artists who worked and played with light were seen as something of a fringe art-form. These days, light artists like New York based Brit Anthony McCall has an international… Audio

Lightshow is the first presentation of international light-based art to be seen in New Zealand. Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing Light Show, the first major presentation of international light-based art to be seen in New Zealand. Audio

Rogue waves cause damage both at sea and when light is pulsed, so optical fibre research may lead to better lasers and ship design Audio

Sarah Thomson is using a laser to probe the molecules in red pigments used in art to see how they fade due to light Audio

Rebecca Sutton is studying what happens to blue organic LEDs as they degrade, and she demonstrates how they are made in a cleanroom. Audio

New Zealand is now home to the world's largest dark sky reserve above the Mackenzie Basin Audio

Illac Diaz is working on a project to bring free light to 15,000 homes in the Philippines. It uses no electricity, and all you need is water, some bleach and an old soda bottle! Audio