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Emerging Scientist Award for ABI researcher
18 March 2019
A researcher from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, who is leading the world with his development of devices that help in the fast, reliable diagnosis and treatment of gut problems, has won the Prime Minister’s 2018 MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize.
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Climate change - the kids know it’s not OK
15 March 2019
Opinion: School kids striking in protest at climate change will one day look back at us and question why we thought doing nothing was okay, write Professor Shaun Hendy.
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Rats just kept on coming
11 March 2019
Introduced rats have thrived since being introduced into New Zealand but a new study shows they not only spread rapidly through population growth, new arrivals kept jumping ship well into the 20th Century.
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Hello darkness my old friend
11 March 2019
Opinion: Light outshines darkness in the PR department, we feel safe and our day is long. But night time and darkness are key to good health, Ellery McNaughton explains.
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Sir Peter Gluckman named NZ Communicator of the Year
8 March 2019
The Prime Minister’s former Chief Science Advisor and founder of the University of Auckland-based Liggins Institute has been named winner of the 2018 Communicator of the Year Award.
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The sector with the marked gender imbalance
8 March 2019
Opinion: The theme for International Women’s Day is a more gender-balanced world. We are striving for the same goal in engineering, writes Professor Nic Smith.
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Social and cultural lives of animals vital tool for conservation
27 February 2019
Young animals learn social and cultural behaviours from the adults around them just like humans do and now scientists say these learned social behaviours could be a powerful tool for conservation.
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Positive signs for potential autism treatment
26 February 2019
A potential drug therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders discovered at the University of Auckland has shown positive results in pre-clinical trials for Phelan-McDermid syndrome. This rare genetic condition involves the same gene thought to be associated with autism.
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![A single Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) was recently detected in Devonport. A full scale response has been triggered as it is regarded as a serious pest [Image: Bugwood.org used by permission Plant Health Australia].](//cdn.auckland.ac.nz/aem/content/auckland/en/news/2019/02/22/why-we-should-celebrate-fruit-fly-detection/_jcr_content/leftpar/imagecomponent/image.img.480.low.jpg/1550778072924.jpg "A single Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) was recently detected in Devonport. A full scale response has been triggered as it is regarded as a serious pest [Image: Bugwood.org used by permission Plant Health Australia].")
Why we should celebrate NZ’s latest fruit fly detection
22 February 2019
Opinion: Fruit fly detections are really New Zealand’s biosecurity system operating at its best, writes Biological Sciences Professor Jacqueline Beggs.
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More Kiwi scientists becoming business leaders and entrepreneurs
22 February 2019
The Maurice Wilkins Centre is hosting a full-day workshop at Victoria University of Wellington for young scientists keen to learn more about how to commercialise their work.
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Catching up with the kids: CensusAtSchool 2019
21 February 2019
How much time do New Zealand kids spend with digital devices? How much time do they spend doing scheduled activities outside school hours?
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The interactive device you can stick in your mouth
19 February 2019
Imagine a device that feels like and is no bigger than a piece of chewing gum, which allows you to answer the phone simply by biting down on it.
![A single Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) was recently detected in Devonport. A full scale response has been triggered as it is regarded as a serious pest [Image: Bugwood.org used by permission Plant Health Australia].](http://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/aem/content/auckland/en/news/2019/02/22/why-we-should-celebrate-fruit-fly-detection/_jcr_content/leftpar/imagecomponent/image.img.480.low.jpg/1550778072924.jpg "A single Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) was recently detected in Devonport. A full scale response has been triggered as it is regarded as a serious pest [Image: Bugwood.org used by permission Plant Health Australia].")
