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How Did Life On Earth Begin? University Of Auckland Scientist Will Test A Novel Theory
Monday, 4 April 2022, 10:20 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland biophysicist Dr Peter Wills and colleagues have $2 million to test a theory on the origins of life on Earth. Nearly four billion years ago, Earth was wildly volcanic with an orange sky, green seas, and meteorites crashing ... More >>
Can We Have Our Fish And Eat It Too?
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 10:24 am | University of Auckland
Overfishing threatens a global catch that peaked in 1996 but perhaps a solution is possible. The world can protect biodiversity and threatened species and also catch enough fish for humans to eat if nations cooperate on where fishing takes place, ... More >>
Recognition For Liggins Research Into Newborns With Low Blood Sugars
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 2:19 pm | University of Auckland
Two papers in the same edition of JAMA plus an editorial recognises importance of Liggins research into newborns with hypoglycaemia. Newborns at risk of brain damage from low blood sugar levels are increasingly safe, as research at the University ... More >>
Team Working On Superbug Vaccine
Monday, 21 March 2022, 11:51 am | University of Auckland
A team of scientists is harnessing mRNA vaccine technology developed for Covid-19 to conquer a common superbug. The day after Ries Langley ’s son turned one, his knee swelled up, turning hot and red. He couldn’t put any weight on his leg and ... More >>
Drones Monitor Manta Rays In University Of Auckland Student's Pioneering Study
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 11:15 am | University of Auckland
How big is that manta ray? Drones give the answer in a pioneering study by University of Auckland postgraduate student Edy Setyawan. Setyawan got the idea during fieldwork in 2019 in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, as he flew drones over the giant fish. “It was ... More >>
Arts Funding Central To Improving Youth Wellbeing
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 5:56 pm | University of Auckland
Youth mental health is a stated priority for this government, but funding for young people in the arts remains piecemeal and unreliable. Dr Molly Mullen, a senior lecturer in applied theatre at the University of Auckland, says this longstanding predicament ... More >>
‘Water Only’ Call To Fill Policy Gap On Sugary Drinks
Monday, 21 February 2022, 11:45 am | University of Auckland
Water is fast becoming New Zealand’s greatest asset but its value to child health is being undermined by poor and leaky policy. Associate Professor Bodo Lang, from the Faculty of Business and Economics, explains that despite nearly two decades of ... More >>
Glub, Glub, Glub … A Library Of Sounds Of Life Underwater
Friday, 18 February 2022, 7:51 am | University of Auckland
Most people don’t know that the underwater world has dawn and dusk choruses, similar to those of the birds on land. Kina feed at those times, scraping algae off the rocks with their teeth, a feasting that is noisy because the crunching sounds are amplified ... More >>
Time To Treat All Refugees The Same In Aotearoa
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 11:49 am | University of Auckland
A damaging and unfair gap exists between how we treat two refugee groups in New Zealand and it’s time to change it, according to a new report. Co-written by Professor Jay Marlowe from the University of Auckland and Bernard Sama, chair of the Asylum ... More >>
Mental Health Disorders Warning Sign For Dementia
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 10:47 am | University of Auckland
Poor mental health in earlier life is a strong indicator of risk for later dementia, according to the results of a long-term study. A collaboration between the University of Auckland, University of Michigan and Duke University, the study looked at 1,711,386 ... More >>
Turning PPE Into Water: Sounds Like A Miracle?
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 3:39 pm | University of Auckland
Turning non-recyclable personal protective equipment into water and vinegar could be the game-changing solution the world needs to stop tonnes of PPE being dumped daily into landfills and oceans. This miracle-sounding process has been developed ... More >>
NZ And German Researchers Partner Up In Space
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 11:08 am | University of Auckland
Using carbon fibre to build spacecraft and laser light technology to transmit information down to Earth are two space-based projects University of Auckland researchers are working on in partnership with researchers in Germany. The projects are part of a ... More >>
Bioengineers Use Artificial Intelligence To Transform Hip Surgery
Friday, 11 February 2022, 9:28 am | University of Auckland
Formus Labs, a company that grew out of research done at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is set to transform orthopaedic surgery, with the world’s first automated 3D pre-operative planner for joint replacements. Formus Labs has recently ... More >>
Paracetamol During Pregnancy: A Link With Childhood Depression?
Friday, 11 February 2022, 6:31 am | University of Auckland
Could there be a link between mothers taking paracetamol during pregnancy and later signs of depression in some of their children? A University of Auckland study shows a “small but significant” statistical association. Professor Karen Waldie and ... More >>
From 'Nothing' To 'Everything'
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 8:02 pm | University of Auckland
A large-scale art work featuring the word ‘everything’ has lit up the 110-metre-long, 13-metre-high light wall on Bledisloe wharf’s The Lightship, an installation by artist and acting head of Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, ... More >>
Survey Asks Kiwis To Express Vaccine Preferences
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 5:58 pm | University of Auckland
As part of an effort to combat misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, a team of researchers at the University of Auckland is asking Kiwis what they need to know about vaccines and their preferences for vaccination. As part of an effort to combat misinformation ... More >>
Hope For People With High Blood Pressure And Diabetes
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 3:05 pm | University of Auckland
Scientists at the universities of Auckland and Bristol are preparing to test a novel medication on patients with a potentially fatal combination of high blood sugar and high blood pressure. Scientists at the universities of Auckland and Bristol are preparing ... More >>
Jack Ma's Ant Group Has Its Wrist Slapped
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 6:22 pm | University of Auckland
Haiping Zhang, Senior Lecture, Economic Department, University of Auckland. Xin Chen, Research Fellow, NZ Asia Institute University of Auckland In recent years Jack Ma has been increasingly held up as the poster child of China’s digital economy. ... More >>
National Institute For Health Innovation’s New General Manager Aims To Help Turn Health Research Into Community Impact
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 7:11 am | University of Auckland
The National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), based at the University of Auckland, has appointed a new general manager to lead the strategic development and day-to-day work of transforming research into innovative approaches to today’s ... More >>
Working Mothers Drink More In Lockdown
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 7:17 am | University of Auckland
As the PM tells us to prepare for omicron isolation, a researcher urges Kiwis, especially mums, not to stock up on alcohol. Stressed-out women under 50 who were working from home and living with children were the most likely to increase alcohol consumption ... More >>
