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Creative design and 3D printing make the world a safer place
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 1:38 pm | University of Auckland
Engineers in the Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (the Lab) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, have designed a simple emergency ventilator operated by an automated hand. More >>
DNA offers clues to ancient Samoan settlement
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 9:22 am | University of Auckland
Dr Ethan Cochrane and Pena of Falevao Village taking a break from identifying ancient structures in the Samoan bush Samoa experienced an exponential jump in its population around 1000 years ago and the ancestry of contemporary Samoans is relatively unique ... More >>
Crunching Big Data To Help In A Crisis
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 2:11 pm | University of Auckland
Experts from the Business School at the University of Auckland have been urgently analysing big data to assist the Ministry of Health and District Health Boards (DHBs) create a new temporary funding model for service providers to older people living ... More >>
New App Traces Contacts, Retains Privacy, Says Expert
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 11:59 am | University of Auckland
Using digital data for contact tracing could be a powerful tool for containing the spread of COVID-19 and a new technology app in Singapore could help address fears of data privacy, says a digital data expert. Andrew Chen is a Research Fellow at ... More >>
Restless Sleep In Late Pregnancy, Lower Stillbirth Risk
Friday, 27 March 2020, 1:22 pm | University of Auckland
Restless sleep in late pregnancy is common, and researchers have now found it carries a lower risk of late stillbirth. A University of Auckland-led mega-study combined all the worldwide data from studies on sleep position and stillbirth. For the first ... More >>
Blood Pressure Meds Won’t Make COVID-19 Worse
Friday, 27 March 2020, 8:40 am | University of Auckland
Experts are urging people with high blood pressure to keep taking their medications as usual during the COVID-19 epidemic. Some patients have been expressing concerns to doctors after the idea started circulating on social media that two common hypertension ... More >>
University Of Auckland Teaching Free Week 23-27 March 2020
Friday, 20 March 2020, 11:06 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has advised staff and students that next week (23 to 27 March) will be a Teaching Free Week, in which teaching across the University will be suspended. Students will not be required to come into campus (although are free ... More >>
Brain Tissue Increases After Giving Birth - Study
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 9:49 am | University of Auckland
A new study has found that grey matter in women’s brains increases after they give birth and researchers say that’s good news for mothers because previous studies have found that grey matter decreases during pregnancy. An international research ... More >>
The subtle ways Spotify tells us what to listen to
Monday, 16 March 2020, 11:55 am | University of Auckland
Music streaming platforms such as Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music offer instant access to more music that, a few years ago, we wouldn’t have thought possible, but researchers have revealed the subtle ways such platforms influence and even control ... More >>
Morphine Change Could Lead To More Heroin Overdoses - Experts
Friday, 13 March 2020, 8:48 am | University of Auckland
A Change In The Supply Of Pharmaceutical Morphine Could Inadvertently Lead To More Overdoses By People Who Inject Opioids Such As Morphine And Heroin, A University Of Auckland Expert Warns. Due To Funding Changes, Slow-release Oral ... More >>
Survey Probes Attitudes To Pest Control
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 1:19 pm | University of Auckland
Scientists have created an online survey based on new research to test how New Zealanders feel about pest management and want as many people as possible to take part. The survey, a research project supported by senior scientists at Auckland and Victoria ... More >>
Jeremy Salmond Recognised as Distinguished Alumni
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 8:58 am | University of Auckland
Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. Salmond ... More >>
Jeremy Salmond Recognised as Distinguished Alumni
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 8:54 am | University of Auckland
Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. Salmond ... More >>
Māori And Pacific Babies Bigger And Leaner, Asian Babies ‘thin-fat’
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 9:46 am | University of Auckland
Researchers in the Liggins Institute-led study used a special air displacement machine combined with tape-measurements and sensitive scales to determine the fat mass and fat-free mass (everything else) of 440 babies born in Auckland between May 2015 and ... More >>
Pacific Poet And Chief Justice Among Distinguished Alumni
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 9:42 am | University of Auckland
Four inspirational graduates from the University of Auckland are to be celebrated at the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on March 20. This year’s awardees have excelled in the areas of global business, heritage architecture, the New Zealand ... More >>
One Month To Turn Good Ideas Into Business Ventures
Monday, 2 March 2020, 1:17 pm | University of Auckland
A four week challenge to create a new business has kept student entrepreneurs at the University of Auckland busy over February, with social good taking centre-stage. Run by the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship , the annual ... More >>
Low HIV Infections In Drug-users Point To Needle Exchange Success
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 9:09 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand has avoided the high HIV rates seen among high-risk groups in other countries, a new study shows. Sustained, extremely low levels of HIV transmission among people who inject drugs, including gay and bisexual men, reflect the success ... More >>
Research Shows Board Directors Hampered By Compliance Issues
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 3:56 pm | University of Auckland
Should board directors contribute to strategy and leadership? Research from the University of Auckland Business School indicates that directors want to but feel hampered by compliance issues. As most board activities are commercially ... More >>
Teaching The University’s ‘youngest Students’ Wins National Award
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 10:13 am | University of Auckland
She isn’t based in a classroom, yet the winner of a national teaching award is making a big impact on children’s learning. Aimee Macaskill, the manager of the University of Auckland’s early childhood centres, ... More >>
The Power Of Sleep Protects At-risk Children From Obesity
Monday, 24 February 2020, 9:51 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland study has identified a key factor in protecting at-risk pre-school children from becoming overweight or obese and the elixir is sleep. The research examined data from Growing Up in New Zealand , this country’s largest ... More >>
