https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from University of Waikato In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in the Hamilton and Hauraki areas. The study shows that hidden geological faults in Hamilton city and newly studied faults in the Hauraki district are capable of generating moderate to large earthquakes, and have done so in the past 15,700 years. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ct-scans-ancient-earthquakes-hamilton.html Earth Sciences Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:48:41 EST news690716881 New research from the University of Waikato shows how nectar supply varies with changes to climate, offering sweet insights for industry and conservation alike. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-native-nectars-climate.html Plants & Animals Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:31:03 EDT news678695461 New research has revealed New Zealand is on track for a major spike in extreme heat, with heat waves that currently hit once a decade potentially striking every other summer. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-extreme-regular-feature-zealand-summers.html Earth Sciences Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:54:04 EDT news675428041 Clinical trials are about to begin on kava-talanoa sessions as a solution for people with the "notoriously difficult-to-treat" post-traumatic stress disorder. A review has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-kava-talanoa-treatment-ptsd.html Medical research Wed, 28 May 2025 08:44:04 EDT news667640641 New research from the University of Waikato nails down how much light travels from the outside world to babies in the womb, with far-reaching implications for understanding human development. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-mathematical-reveals-womb-reshaping-fetal.html Medical research Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:00:03 EST news659106001 A study led by a University of Waikato Ph.D. student has shed light on the cause of delayed climate recovery following Earth's most severe extinction event 251 million years ago—a discovery that will contribute to our understanding of the global climate system. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-uncovers-key-delayed-climate-recovery.html Earth Sciences Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:43:53 EDT news641540626 A new study shows how a warming climate will impact New Zealand's wet and dry weather extremes, giving decision-makers the power to plan for the future. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-zealand-wettest-driest-extreme.html Environment Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:30:04 EDT news639228602 A new study published in Science resolves a long-standing scientific debate, and it stands to completely change the way we think about Earth's climate evolution. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-evidence-key-ideas-earth-climate.html Earth Sciences Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:58:04 EST news627037081 "Don't blame the mangroves," is a key take-away of an international collaboration looking into vegetation removal, sedimentation, and coastal restoration. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows coastal restoration on a smaller local scale isn't going to cut through the mud without larger scale catchment change. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-results-coastal-mangroves-sediment.html Earth Sciences Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:19:02 EST news619183141 A new paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand highlights the importance of having multiple open-source data sets available for environmental research. https://phys.org/news/2022-09-artificial-intelligence-pests-trail-cams.html Ecology Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:14:51 EDT news582894889 The end-Permian mass extinction is the most severe mass extinction event ever recorded, during which ~80% of marine species went extinct. https://phys.org/news/2022-06-mysterious-climate-behavior-earth-severe.html Earth Sciences Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:59:14 EDT news575024349 Do people from distinct cultural groups use similar strategies when faced with moral judgments? https://phys.org/news/2022-04-morality-actions-culturally-universal.html Social Sciences Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:40:46 EDT news569832044 New Zealand's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has failed Māori and at-risk communities as health officials relied on current health services, regardless of their already inequitable distribution, says a new study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-priority-groups-worst-access-covid-.html Medical economics Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:16:59 EST news566209008 Research into the healthcare experiences of Muslim refugee women in Aotearoa has highlighted significant barriers to accessing care and a disregard for cultural practices present in healthcare services. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-07-muslim-refugee-women-othered-nz.html Health Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:11:03 EDT news545645460 A University of Waikato study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal looking at the treatment and timeliness of chemotherapy for bowel cancer patients in New Zealand has found there are inequities in the treatment of Pacific, Māori, and Asian patients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-inequities-bowel-cancer-treatment.html Oncology & Cancer Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:00:02 EDT news517218322 The variety of plant and animal life in the Antarctic is much greater than previously thought, reveals an assessment of Antarctic biodiversity published by a team of scientists in the journal Nature this week. https://phys.org/news/2015-06-antarctic-life-highly-diverse-unusually.html Earth Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:03:02 EDT news354430969 Stoats are generally considered capable of swimming up to about 1.5km, but the discovery of a stoat on Rangitoto Island (3 km offshore) in 2010, and another on Kapiti (5 km offshore) in 2011 suggested they may be able to get their little legs paddling for much greater distances. https://phys.org/news/2013-09-stoats-splash.html Plants & Animals Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:20:01 EDT news298544470 Two chemists from the University of Waikato have come up with an innovative method for treating bore water on Waikato farms. https://phys.org/news/2012-10-peft-clever-cleaner.html Environment Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:33:43 EDT news270376306