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Nature rankings reveal depth and breadth of Otago’s research
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 2:47 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago has once more ranked first among New Zealand research institutions for the number of papers published in the prestigious journal Nature and its 17 related primary research journals in the preceding year. More >>
Web-based alcohol intervention programme has limited effect
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 10:41 am | University of Otago
New research from the University of Otago shows that a web-based self-assessment and feedback programme for students who drink hazardously produced only a modest reduction in alcohol consumption. The intervention, a 10-minute interactive web programme, ... More >>
Widely used medicicines increase risk of rare kidney disease
Monday, 24 March 2014, 11:39 am | University of Otago
Widely used heartburn and peptic ulcer medicines increase risk of rare kidney disease: Otago research More >>
Otago collaborates with Myanmar university on TB research
Friday, 21 March 2014, 12:35 pm | University of Otago
An international partnership forged by the University of Otago and University of Medicine in Myanmar (also known as Burma) in late 2012 is moving ahead in several directions, including research into the genetics of tuberculosis drug resistance. More >>
Saturated fat not off the hook for heart disease
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 5:12 pm | University of Otago
Recent overseas research claiming that there is no evidence that saturated fat increases heart attacks and other cardiac events needs to be treated with a great deal of caution, according to University of Otago human nutrition and public health experts and a ... More >>
Energy efficiency is the new fuel
Friday, 14 March 2014, 12:46 pm | University of Otago
Energy efficiency and productivity will be the focus of The Energy Conference 2014 opening in Wellington on Wednesday March 19, revealing how better use of existing energy supplies can save New Zealand producers and the global economy millions of ... More >>
New insights into ancient Pacific settlers’ diet
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 12:56 pm | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers studying 3000-year-old skeletons from the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific Islands are casting new light on the diet and lives of the enigmatic Lapita people, the likely ancestors of Polynesians. More >>
High level of smoking around others at bus stops - study
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 10:01 am | University of Otago
A study of bus stops in the Wellington Region has identified high levels of smoking around other people and high levels of butt littering. More >>
Otago researchers help clear up enduring mystery
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 9:39 am | University of Otago
Otago researchers discover how soils control atmospheric hydrogen University of Otago researchers are helping to clear up an enduring mystery regarding the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. They have discovered the microbial soil processes that ... More >>
Sandy & Muddy Shore Guide Released During Seaweek
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 3:17 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago’s New Zealand Marine Studies Centre is launching a Sandy & Muddy Shore Guide this weekend, continuing its hugely popular series of guides to the diversity of life found on our shores. More >>
Smokers respond to spur of the moment chance to quit
Monday, 24 February 2014, 12:20 pm | University of Otago
A novel trial that has been underway for a month at Queensgate mall in Lower Hutt has seen 256 smokers take up the chance to try nicotine replacement therapy on the spur of the moment. More >>
Skin reactions during radiation therapy preventable
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:08 am | University of Otago
Severe skin reactions during radiation therapy could be prevented by applying a thin transparent silicone dressing to the skin from the first day of treatment, a clinical trial shows. More >>
University of Otago named as major Highlanders sponsor
Monday, 10 February 2014, 4:52 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago has become one of the major sponsors of the Highlanders, in a move primarily aimed at capitalising on the rugby franchise’s significant marketing exposure by the national and international media. More >>
Otago archaeologists excavate first school and mission
Monday, 10 February 2014, 2:21 pm | University of Otago
The site of New Zealand’s first mission station and its first classroom has been revealed during two years of fieldwork and research led by University of Otago archaeologists, uncovering plentiful details about the daily lives of our first permanent European ... More >>
Severe illness in pregnancy preventable in many cases
Friday, 7 February 2014, 12:40 pm | University of Otago
As many as 40% of cases where pregnant women are admitted to intensive care units due to severe illness are potentially preventable, according to University of Otago Wellington researchers. More >>
Study prompts call for ban on junk food ads to children
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:54 am | University of Otago
A ban on manipulative junk food advertising to children is urgently needed to help fight increasing rates of childhood obesity, say University of Otago Wellington researchers. More >>
Call for ban on manipulative junk food advertising
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:51 am | University of Otago
A ban on manipulative junk food advertising to children is urgently needed to help fight increasing rates of childhood obesity, say University of Otago Wellington researchers. More >>
Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific revealed
Thursday, 6 February 2014, 12:53 pm | University of Otago
The pre-Ice Age marine mammal community of the North Pacific formed a strangely eclectic scene, research by a Geology PhD student at New Zealand’s University of Otago reveals. Studying hundreds of fossil bones and teeth he excavated from the San Francisco Bay ... More >>
Researchers’ model predicted CAR atrocities
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 11:59 am | University of Otago
Researchers at the University of Otago and the University of Sydney predicted the current atrocities in the Central African Republic (CAR), based on their own forecasting model. More >>
Otago discovery aids fight on antifungal drug resistance
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 11:37 am | University of Otago
A new University of Otago research breakthrough from the Sir John Walsh Research Institute is helping pave the way for novel antifungal drugs designed to overcome the world-wide problem of growing resistance to current treatments. More >>
