UC Science

Since 2019, a colony of Tarāpuka|black-billed gulls  – not only critically endangered, but the most endangered gulls in the world -  have taken up...

Ernest Rutherford was the creator of modern atomic and nuclear physics - one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. He started at...

"How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. That is all wrong. The...

From the 18 – 23 April, 20 high school students from around New Zealand attended the Elaine P. Snowden (EPS) camp. Over the course of the week the students took part in a range of activities from experiencing life as a UC student through to star gazing at the University of Canterbury’s Mt John Observatory.

It had been a crazy Covid year and we were all pretty washed out; we needed to reignite our passion for Ako (teaching and...

Volcanoes are one of the most fascinating features on the surface of the Earth. We have come a long way from the time when...

The human gut is home to trillions of microorganisms, and research is finding that this microbiome has important impacts on our health and wellbeing. However, what do you do when you feel that your gut microbiome needs a boost? It is possible to change your microbiome, for both better and worse? University of Canterbury MSc Psychology student Jessica Heaton outlines interesting ways to improve our gut microbiome's bacterial diversity, and how this can impact our physical and mental health.

For the past several years, through the NUTRIMUM study, Te Puna Toiora | UC’s Mental Health and Nutrition Research group has been investigating the...

It is often said that pursuing a PhD is a matter of choice, and I couldn’t agree more. It has almost been a year...

One of my favourite groups of New Zealand plants are our native conifers. Most people don’t realise that we have 21 described species and...