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Lack Of Sleep Can Change How Birds Sing, University Of Auckland Scientists Say
Friday, 19 August 2022, 11:51 am | University of Auckland
PhD student Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, Dr Margaret Stanley and Dr Kristal Cain, all of the School of Biological Sciences, highlighted the issue in an article published on 17 August in the journal Biology Letters . They worked on a study conducted in ... More >>
Invasive Pests Cost Aotearoa More Than $12 Billion, Research Shows
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 9:27 am | University of Auckland
Weeds, rodents, stoats, possums, fire ants and other invasive species cost Aotearoa New Zealand about $170 million per year. That’s according to new research by Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland and the University of Aberdeen in collaboration ... More >>
Social Media Helps Scientists Monitor Rarely Sighted Whales
Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:02 am | University of Auckland
Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa’s rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs shared by members of the public, via Facebook and nature-watching network iNaturalist, helped ... More >>
Last Call To Kōrero With Aotearoa's Brightest Minds
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 11:38 am | University of Auckland
It's the final call for postgrad students interested in scoring a stipend of up to $22,000, a personal mentor and a bespoke leadership programme as part of the University of Auckland's 2023 Kupe Leadership Scholarship closing on 25 August. Every successful ... More >>
Bigger Isn’t Always Better In The Social Media Sphere
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 10:30 am | University of Auckland
Micro-influencers are sealing the deal on social media, selling everything from fashion to food, often with more success than those with a million plus followers, says University of Auckland associate professor of marketing Dr Yuri Seo. The marketing ... More >>
Breakthrough In Search For Tinnitus Cure
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 12:26 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland scientists are excited by results from a trial of a new treatment for tinnitus. After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers at the University of Auckland are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial ... More >>
Scientists Reconstruct Human Migration That Changed Africa More Than 4,000 Years Ago
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 7:16 am | University of Auckland
Scientists have reconstructed a migration that changed Africa Bantu peoples conquered dense tropical rainforest 4,400 years ago to spread their languages and culture across the continent, according to scientists from the University of Auckland and Germany’s ... More >>
Revealed: New Insights Into The Making Of The Modern Company
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1:24 pm | University of Auckland
A few years ago, talking about companies in any way other than that they're contractual, private, and have to act in the interests of current shareholders by maximising profits was considered fringe. However, perspectives are changing and University of Auckland ... More >>
Academic Activist To Give Final Lecture
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 12:52 pm | University of Auckland
One of the country's leading critical legal intellectuals, University of Auckland Professor Emeritus Jane Kelsey is giving her valedictory lecture this Thursday 28 July. The lecture, titled Truth to Power: the Legal Academic as Licensed Subversive, ... More >>
Hopes For Earlier Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis
Friday, 22 July 2022, 3:05 pm | University of Auckland
Work to bring forward cerebral palsy diagnoses in babies has had a boost with $400K funding for referral hubs and research. A pair of researchers have led a successful bid to trial regional hubs for diagnosing cerebral palsy in babies. One in 500 babies ... More >>
Baby Talk Is Consistent Across Cultures From Tanzania To Wellington To Beijing, Research Shows
Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 5:30 am | University of Auckland
When singing and speaking to young infants, people alter their voices in a way that is consistent across cultures, according to a study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. The findings suggest that the way in which humans speak and sing ... More >>
Call To Hit Pause On Controversial Bill
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 12:35 pm | University of Auckland
It's time for the Government to taihoa on the Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill, say University of Auckland legal academics. The new Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill is seriously flawed, both in its substance and the process followed to develop it, say ... More >>
Youth At Risk To Benefit From Creative Partnership
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 11:36 am | University of Auckland
Young people at risk of disengaging from education will directly benefit from a new partnership between the University of Auckland and Youthtown Inc. The Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) at the University of Auckland will be able ... More >>
Quantum Hackers Threaten To Break The Internet. These Scientists Are Shoring Up Our Defences
Friday, 8 July 2022, 11:06 am | University of Auckland
In a looming catastrophe dubbed “Q Day,” super-powerful quantum computers would overwhelm the world’s online security. A security tool built on University of Auckland research may help to prevent that happening. The system, called CRYSTALS-Dilithium ... More >>
Ethnic Women Enter Politics Despite Barriers
Friday, 1 July 2022, 2:10 pm | University of Auckland
Cost, sexism and racism are barriers to ethnic women entering Aotearoa New Zealand politics, a University of Auckland researcher says A University of Auckland researcher shedding light on the unseen and unheard stories of ethnic women in New Zealand politics ... More >>
How Common Is Mate Wareware (dementia) Among Māori? New Study Will Find Out
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 6:57 am | University of Auckland
A $1.1 million study led by Dr Makarena Dudley of the University of Auckland-Waipapa Taumata Rau aims to determine the prevalence of mate wareware (dementia) among Māori. Researchers will interview 550 Māori across the country in the three-year project, ... More >>
Team Tackling Bullying Wins National Award
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 11:41 am | University of Auckland
A team of academics who collaborated with students and health leaders to develop a tool that has reduced bullying on clinical placements has won a national award. The University of Auckland's Dr Fiona Moir, Associate Professor Andy Wearn and Dr ... More >>
Aotearoa's Child Privacy Laws Must Be Improved
Friday, 17 June 2022, 9:45 am | University of Auckland
Aotearoa New Zealand has a long way to go in enhancing its laws to protect child privacy rights in the age of sharenting, says privacy law expert Nikki Chamberlain. As parents and caregivers pepper social media with photos of their children's milestones ... More >>
Experimental Economist On Covid-19 Responses And Pandemic Policy Making
Friday, 17 June 2022, 9:30 am | University of Auckland
U niversity of Auckland Professor Ananish Chaudhuri on Covid-19 policy decisions, their implications, lockdowns and cognitive biases in pandemic decision-making. Professor Ananish Chaudhuri says that a single-minded focus on the pandemic may have prevented ... More >>
Increased Medical Student Places Would Help Address Medical Shortage
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 8:11 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland medical and health leaders say that a government sanctioned increase in university places at Auckland would be an obvious and cost effective start to addressing the current shortage in medical practitioners. Deputy Dean of ... More >>
