Brain-like machines offer hope
New Zealand boosted its efforts in the field with the opening of AUT University's state-of-the-art neurocomputing lab - the NeuLab.
New Zealand boosted its efforts in the field with the opening of AUT University's state-of-the-art neurocomputing lab - the NeuLab.
Pacific Edge widened its first-half loss, spending more on the roll-out of products across America.
A research agenda focused on tackling the biggest issues facing New Zealand has been praised by the visiting head of one of France's largest research institutes.
Bilingual people are twice as likely to recover from a stroke as those who speak only one language, a study has found.
Women are less likely to get top jobs in companies that already have women in senior positions, according to analysis of 20 years of data.
A test that spots one of the deadliest female cancers with unprecedented accuracy has been developed by scientists.
Smoking cannabis during pregnancy produces infants who score better on one measure of brain development, according to a study of NZ children.
Scientists in Australia have replicated a sticky brown prehistoric "goo", believed to be the source of life on Earth, and discovered it has significant health benefits.
Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day might help you live longer.
The spuds Matt Damon's stranded astronaut Mark Watney grew in The Martian may be closer to science fact than science fiction, say Kiwi and Australian researchers.
Researchers are attempting to go inside the minds of infants to get a baby's-eye-view of the first years of life.
Clergymen attempting to prove claims that a skull found in a Worcestershire church vault is that of William Shakespeare have been thwarted by a senior church lawyer who has barred them from carrying....
The phenomenon of 3D printing has given us printed guns, printed cars and printed hamburgers - now it might have ushered in the age of printed hair.
With two days to go, Massey University answers the hot questions on performance, featuring specialist opinion from across the university
Family members could be kept alive forever virtually so living relatives could interact with their avatars, an academic has suggested.
The Herald's science writer Jamie Morton on this week's scientific breakthroughs.
Designer babies is getting closer to reality as scientists in China claim they're the first to use gene editing to create "designer dogs."
Women using IVF are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer, the biggest study of fertility treatment in the world has discovered.
Pig organs could soon be transplanted into human patients after Harvard University scientists found a way to genetically modify pig DNA to be more compatible with humans.
It's been called the "Genghis Khan" of the ant world, and for good reason.
Deleting a gene could extend life by up to 60 per cent, say scientists.
Controversial findings by scientists suggest that some boys turn homosexual during childhood because of genetic changes triggered by their environment.
A team of researchers discovered the hog-nosed rat during a expedition in a remote and mountainous area of Indonesia two years ago.
A new study published this week challenges that notion and puts forth a theory that the 'high' feeling joggers experience can be known as a 'self-produced marijuana'.
The teeth of a dog may provide new insight into how humans migrated across the world's largest ocean to New Zealand, and where they came from.
Kiwi scientists have uncovered another secret of a wonder-protein that's already been shown to play a hand in reproduction and early brain development.
A blood test that can screen an unborn child for all known genetic abnormalities is to be offered to pregnant women by a private British clinic from next week.
Babies are more active in the uterus when a pregnant mother lies on her left side than on her back, according to important new research.
The Herald's science writer Jamie Morton on this week's scientific breakthroughs.