Fully renewable energy feasible for Samoa – Otago study
Thursday 22 July 2021
The future of Samoa’s electricity system could go green, a University of Otago study has shown.
Collective battery storage beneficial for decarbonized world
Monday 5 July 2021
Batteries are potentially a game-changing technology as we decarbonize our economy, and their benefits are even greater when shared across communities, a University of Otago-led study has found.
Otago study aids understanding of invisible but mighty particles
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Tiny charged electrons and protons which can damage satellites and alter the ozone have revealed some of their mysteries to University of Otago scientists.
Physics Seminar - Prof Nicholas J Long
Monday 17 May 2021
Prof Nicholas Long is a Director at Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington.
Physics seminar - Dr Richard Querel
Monday 17 May 2021
Dr Richard Querel is an Atmospheric Scientist for NIWA at the Lauder Research Station.
Physics Seminar - Nina Calderalla
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Nina Caldarella is a PhD student in the Department of Physics under the supervision of Dr Inga Smith.
Dodd-Walls Centre gets green light for another eight years
Thursday 4 February 2021
The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies (DWC), Te Whai Ao, will receive a further $36.7m to continue operations.
Connecting the boundary-less Climate Change Challenge
Tuesday 15 December 2020
A shared common concern for climate change brought small groups of dedicated researchers together to form the recently renamed He Kaupapa Hononga: Otago’s Climate Change Research Network.
Harald Schwefel and Romain Meyrand and collaborators awarded 2020 Marsden funding
Monday 16 November 2020
Dr Harald Schwefel and Dr Romain Meyrand from Otago's Physics department and their international collaborators have been awarded 2020 Marsden funding.
Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies refunded through to 2028
Monday 2 November 2020
The Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Techologies was recently refunded as a Centre of Research Excellence $36.75M.
Quantum radio secures US patent
Friday 30 October 2020
Securing a US patent is no easy task, but a pair of University of Otago physicists have done just that with their world-first quantum radio technology.
Otago’s largest MBIE funded project to weather the solar storm
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Professor Craig Rodger has recently received just over NZ$15 million for a five-year research project to develop space-weather prediction and risk mitigation measures for New Zealand's energy infrastructure.
POSTPONED - Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Niels Kjærgaard
Thursday 17 September 2020
Professor Niels Kjærgaard delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled 'Lasers & Gentlemen - an Atomic Viking in New Zealand'
