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Big Little Lies? Disinformation In The 2023 Election Campaign
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 9:42 am | University of Auckland
Analysis of Facebook posts by political parties in the lead up to the election shows disinformation remains “largely the forte of fringe parties,” says Dr Mona Krewel, director of the Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria ... More >>
Rural Students Face Educational Barriers To Medical Training
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 5:21 am | University of Auckland
Students from rural schools are disadvantaged when applying to enter medical programmes by lower attainment levels at those schools. Students applying to enter medical programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand, after attending rural and regional schools, are disadvantaged ... More >>
Music Plagiarism: Let An Algorithm Be The Judge?
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 1:58 pm | University of Auckland
Ed Sheeran convinced a jury this year that he didn’t rip off Marvin Gaye’s `Let’s Get It On.’ By way of contrast, Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke earlier failed to establish that `Blurred Lines’ wasn’t a copy of Gaye’s `Got to Give It Up.’ ... More >>
A Tribute To Distinguished Professor Richie Poulton
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:41 pm | University of Auckland
By Sir Peter Gluckman I have lost a close friend and collaborator, and New Zealand has lost an intellectual giant with the passing of Distinguished Professor Richie Poulton. Richie did so much to advance our understanding of human development and ... More >>
Good News For World’s Rarest Marine Dolphin?
Friday, 29 September 2023, 11:02 am | University of Auckland
The world’s rarest marine dolphin, New Zealand’s Māui, is getting younger. The tiny population – only about 54 Māui dolphins remain – lives off the west coast of the North Island. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/f5bbf258276583ca39ac.jpeg" ... More >>
Higher Education Pioneer Kate Edger Receives Posthumous Honorary Doctorate
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 4:28 pm | University of Auckland
A trailblazer for women in higher education, Kate Edger has been given a posthumous honorary doctorate from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland as part of its 140-year anniversary commemorations. Some extraordinary New Zealanders are being ... More >>
Study Explores Effects Of Meditation On Social Media Use
Monday, 18 September 2023, 11:39 am | University of Auckland
Can meditation change the way you operate online? Researchers analysed more than 60,000 Twitter posts in an attempt to find out. Twitter users who completed a 60-day online mediation challenge were more likely to post positive original tweets, according ... More >>
Wine Leftovers To Turn To Treasure In University Of Auckland-led Research
Friday, 15 September 2023, 12:38 pm | University of Auckland
Waste from New Zealand’s wine industry is set to be transformed into high-value products in a $9.8 million project led by the University of Auckland. Called grape marc, the stems, skins and seeds left over from winemaking offer opportunities for ... More >>
Global Groove: Humans' Shared Understandings Of Music
Friday, 15 September 2023, 11:06 am | University of Auckland
From New Zealand to Namibia, Brazil to Bangladesh, a global experiment tested whether music is understood in the same way across cultures. The answer: broadly, yes. Playing song snippets to over 5,000 participants from 49 countries, scientists asked people ... More >>
Echoes Of The Ellis Trial: Flawed Evidence Still Apparent In Court
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 12:26 pm | University of Auckland
A form of evidence used in the trial of childcare worker Peter Ellis was discredited by the Supreme Court, yet similarly flawed reasoning is running amok in the Family Court today, according to a new paper. Unreliable pseudo-scientific evidence used ... More >>
Trial Assesses New Method Of Abortion Follow-up
Friday, 8 September 2023, 4:00 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers are set to find out whether at-home pregnancy tests will improve follow-up after abortions. A clinical trial is set to test whether at-home pregnancy tests following an early medical abortion improves follow-up care. Currently, lab tests ... More >>
Finding A Place To Call Home: New Prisoner Housing Study
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 5:31 pm | University of Auckland
No one should leave prison without stable housing if we want to reduce rates of recidivism, according to a new report on housing after prison from the University of Auckland, launched today in Wellington. We’re failing prisoners, and society, ... More >>
New Director For University’s Largest STEM Institute
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:03 am | University of Auckland
Professor Merryn Tawhai makes history today as she steps up to the helm as director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), the largest postgraduate research institute at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. Professor Tawhai, an academic ... More >>
University Marks 140 Years With Posthumous Honour For Motorsport Legend
Friday, 1 September 2023, 11:03 am | University of Auckland
As part of the commemorations for its 140-year anniversary, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has conferred posthumous honorary doctorates on a group of extraordinary New Zealanders. The first of these celebrates the achievements of engineer, ... More >>
Delivering Hope: Anti-inflammatory Drug Trial For Preterm Babies
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 3:56 pm | University of Auckland
When baby Blessing arrived very early, her parents joined a drug trial they hope will go on to benefit all preterm babies. Blessing was born very early and in a hurry at 25 weeks, but she’s a battler. Her parents immediately enrolled her ... More >>
‘Natural’ Way To Induce Labour Proves Safe
Monday, 28 August 2023, 2:37 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers who studied over 1000 women at ten maternity hospitals in New Zealand found bringing on labour using a specialised balloon offers a safe alternative to current practice. Women who need help starting labour could now be routinely offered ... More >>
Magnesium Research Set To Inform Preterm Care
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 7:03 am | University of Auckland
Giving magnesium to mothers just before early birth, at 30 to 34 weeks, may help babies’ brains develop, but more research is needed. Care for mothers and preterm babies is set to be improved by new research on giving magnesium sulphate just before ... More >>
`Forever Chemicals’? Maybe Not, According To University Of Auckland Research
Monday, 14 August 2023, 10:41 am | University of Auckland
Dangerous “forever chemicals” left in the soil from firefighting foam could be destroyed by grinding, according to a proof-of-concept study by University of Auckland scientists collaborating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ... More >>
Why Do Some Politicians Cling To Power After Electoral Defeat?
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 10:28 am | University of Auckland
As Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election are examined in court, a recent paper sheds light on why some political leaders fight back after losing an election. A paper published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution looks at why, following ... More >>
Researchers Test ‘cool Roofs’ In Climate Hot Spots
Monday, 24 July 2023, 12:19 pm | University of Auckland
Scientists will test ‘cool roofs’ in countries that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming. As the world warms up, scientists are rigorously testing ‘cool roofs’, as a passive cooling system that could reduce the harms ... More >>
