Nicola Gaston
Wonder Woman's Feminum Wristguards
Wonder Woman can stop bullets with her Feminum bracelets but, apart from needing the reflexes to achieve this, could any material that's light enough to wear on your wrists do that? Audio
Avatar: Unobtainium
Greedy corporations seeking Unobtainium are the bad guys in James Cameron's Avatar movie franchise. Associate Professor Nicola Gaston discusses the parallels between the fictional mineral and solid… Audio
Financial turmoil and job losses across universities spell trouble for science sector
Sweeping job cuts across financially strained universities are heaping pressure on the science sector. Audio
Challenging sexism in the scientific world
Nicola Gaston is a Professor at Auckland University's school of physics and a leading voice in criticising sexism within the scientific world.
This week she was awarded the Thomson Medal by the Royal… Audio
University redundancies undermine Government's own science strategy - academic
An academic is warning cuts to university staff is short-sighted and will undermine the government's own science goals. Hundreds of academic jobs at the University of Otago and Victoria University of… Audio
The Multiverse
Professor Nicola Gaston, MacDiarmid Institute Co-Director and Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, explores the science behind the multiverse. Audio
RNZ Nights Launches New Podcast
RNZ is partnering with The MacDiarmid Institute to launch a new podcast for science-fiction fans. Nicola Gaston, co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute, joins us. Audio
Research led COVID recovery mooted
The co-directors of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology say the key to the country's COVID economic recovery lies with the post-doctoral researchers. Dr Nicola Gaston… Audio
What to do with Tiwai Point electricity
Tiwai Point Smelter is looking likely to close after its owner Rio Tinto annouced plans to wind down operations yesterday.
The smelter uses 13 percent of the country's electricity so how could that… Audio
'Chick scientists' blamed for changes to whitebaiting
Scientist Nicola Gaston joins The Panel to talk about the impact of referring to 'chick scientists' as a way of disregarding science. Audio
Materials: Fact or Fiction - Unobtanium
We continue our series in collaboration with the MacDiarmid Institute where we take an idea from fiction and see how it stands up to scientific scrutiny. Tonight, McDiarmid Institute co-director and… Audio
Female academic? Here's your lifetime pay gap
Researchers from Canterbury University have found that an average female scientist at a New Zealand university earns $400,000 less than her male counterparts over her lifetime. It also found that… Audio
Element of The Week
Tonight, Nicola Gaston MacDiarmid Institute Co-Director and Associate Professor in Physics at the University of Auckland, introduces us to the element Galium and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic… Audio
Explaining the Performance Based Research Fund
Earlier this week results of an assessment used to allocate the Performance Based Research Fund were released. It looked at researchers in our universities, evaluating thousands of academics. Audio
Element of the Week - Mercury
Nicola Gaston, Co-director of the McDiarmid Institute for Advanced materials and nano-technology joins us to talk Mercury. Audio
Nicola Gaston Lithium Web Edit
Auckland University Chemistry Lecturer Nicola Gaston to to Bryan with a brief guide to the periodic table Audio
Are the National Science Challenges transparent enough?
Questions are being asked about why the government won't release a full review of the funding decisions for its National Science Challenges. $420 million in additional funding for the decade long… Audio
Sexism rife in world of science - professor
Sexism is rife in the world of science, and affects how, and with whom, academics collaborate, an Auckland University professor says. Audio
Australian science research a boys' club - study
A new study points to how Australian science institutions routinely lock women out of research funding. The data shows men have overwhelmingly been the recipients of research grants in engineering… Audio
Should NZ offer some academic roles only to women?
If 91 percent of Australian maths professers are men, and 28 percent of maths students are women, how many men should be allowed to apply for a vacancy as a mathematics lecturer at the University of… Audio
