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Fish snack on microplastics
22 October 2019
Microplastics are being fed to snapper, New Zealand’s most popular recreational fish species, at NIWA’s aquaculture research facility near Whangarei in a bid to establish some baseline data about how fish are being affected.
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Social media may not be as bad for us as we thought
21 October 2019
Scrolling through Facebook or arguing on Twitter may not be as bad for our mental health as we feared, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
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Biodiversity key to improving food production
17 October 2019
One of the largest international studies ever done has found the more diverse animal, insect and plant life is on food-producing land, the more productive the land is and the less need for fertilisers and pesticides.
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Science medal for work in stretchable electronics and biosensors
17 October 2019
Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic’s internationally leading work on polymer electronics has been recognised by the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi which has awarded her this year’s Hector Medal.
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Pioneering work in laser science recognised
17 October 2019
A pioneer in ultra-fast laser science, Professor Cather Simpson, has been named winner of this year’s Pickering Medal by the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Immersed in the Centre for Brain Research
15 October 2019
This year's Brain Bee winners had the opportunity to experience the Centre for Brain Research for a day.
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Kiwi researchers make TB discovery
15 October 2019
Worldwide approximately one in four people is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and while overall New Zealand has relatively low rates of TB, Māori and Pacific people are eight times more likely to be affected than Pākehā.
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Challenging stereotypes in computer science
9 October 2019
The image of a computer scientist as someone hunched over a keyboard, most likely male, with little interest in the wider social world, is one Dr Andrew Luxton-Reilly has dedicated his career to changing.
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The scavenger hunt to help students stress less
8 October 2019
The University of Auckland is the site of a unique digital treasure hunt this week engaging its students in a fun interactive game to mark Stress Less Week.
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Cultural identity key to treating Māori with dementia
4 October 2019
The largest-ever study of Māori affected by dementia has found the disease is poorly understood and that whānau do not know how to access information that might help.
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Computer scientist awarded Romanian equivalent of knighthood
4 October 2019
Professor Cristian Calude from the University of Auckland has been awarded the Romania equivalent of a knighthood for his work in computer science and mathematics and his contribution to cultural and educational relations between New Zealand and Romania.
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Success: The double-edged sword for minorities
4 October 2019
Opinion: When refugees succeed, it propagates an underlying sentiment that they must meet a series of criteria before being truly accepted. Bilal Nasier explains.
