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World's oceans are hotter than ever
19 January 2022
Temperatures are rising in all oceans, reports Dr Kevin Trenberth, a climate-change expert affiliated with the Faculty of Science.
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Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent
17 January 2022
The eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano in Tonga was felt across the globe. Professor Shane Cronin explains the forces behind the one in 1000 year event
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Why food is nothing without texture
15 January 2022
Opinion: The texture of ice cream is as important as how it tastes, writes Yvonne Kuiper. We need to know much more about how and why we favour certain textures.
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Fixing data security at the source
13 January 2022
Opinion: Nalin Arachchilage asks us to imagine a world where we could be confident that our use of software minimised the risk of losing our data.
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Fuzzy molecular threesome is basis of gene expression
11 January 2022
Dr Davide Mercadante and colleagues are unravelling mysteries of gene expression.
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Time for NZ to act on ‘forever chemicals’
13 December 2021
Opinion: There's another public health emergency and it revolves around 'forever chemicals' found in many things commonly used in everyday life, writes Lokesh Padhye.
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Sir Peter Gluckman awarded Singapore’s highest science honour
10 December 2021
Director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures Sir Peter Gluckman has been awarded awarded the prestigious Singapore President’s Science and Technology Medal.
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New tools to explore frontiers in mathematics
2 December 2021
Eamonn O'Brien devises algorithims and algebra as tools to answer fundamental research questions.
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Nanotech for a sustainable future
2 December 2021
Geoffrey Waterhouse's research has led to the invention of low cost sensors to detect pollution and viruses and technology to remove pollutants from soil and water.
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Getting to the guts of the electricity in our gut
1 December 2021
If cardiac pacemakers can correct abnormal heart rhythms through the application of electricity, could a similar technology be used to understand and potentially correct abnormal rhythms in the gut?
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Needle-free anaesthetic for skin graft surgery
30 November 2021
Dr James McKeage, Research Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is exploring how needle-free jet injection could be used for local anaesthetic before skin graft surgery and he has recently received SfTI (Science for Technological Innovation) Seed Project funding to do so.
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Big-city coastal whales consume millions of microplastics every day
29 November 2021
Whales in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf consume around 3 million microplastics per day, a new study has found.
