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50 years on: The babies are doing just fine

13 May 2024

Half a century on the landmark Auckland Steroid Study continues to deliver good news, say researchers at the Liggins Institute.
A crop to feed us in a time of climate emergency

10 May 2024

Three thirsty crops, rice, wheat and maize comprise more than half of humanity's diet. In a world running out of fresh water, we need to look for a more sustainable staple food crop.
How to solve healthcare's toxic secret

9 May 2024

The anaesthetic gases released from one hospital in one year add as much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as 500 return flights between Auckland and London.
Taking the journey to the realm of light

16 April 2024

Mātātaki |The Challenge: Psychologist Jade Le Grice brings a mātauranga Māori lens to complex issues, from attitudes to abortion to ending sexual violence.
Can a circular economy approach stem the streams of plastic waste?

12 March 2024

A team of researchers are bringing innovative engineering, business nous and design thinking together to stem the endless streams of plastic waste.
Full charge for the future

25 February 2024

Researcher Geoffrey Waterhouse is developing the next generation of catalysts for cheaper and better hydrogen fuel cells.
A bright spark fixing the electrics behind gut misery

30 January 2024

One student's success in the search for a link between unexplained gut misery and the electrical pulses in our stomach.
Our hidden forests: kelp and the carbon problem

23 January 2024

Do answers to the challenge of rising carbon emissions lie beneath the surface of our oceans?
Māori-centred models for kaumātua care

20 December 2023

VIDEO: Dr Joanna Hikaka takes a kaupapa Māori approach to health services and gerontology.
He Vaka Moana project builds inclusive education

19 December 2023

VIDEO: Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki and Sonia Fonua received a research impact award for their work to embed indenous knowledge, values and culture into teaching.
Exploring the menstrual cycle link to epilepsy

19 December 2023

VIDEO: Dr Rachael Sumner's research focuses on the link of the menstrual cycle to the 40 percent of women with epilepsy. She received an 2023 early career research award.
Living library of breast cancer cells

19 December 2023

VIDEO: Dr Emma Nolan is building an innovative research platform, a library of breast cancer tumour cells, to build models to test how cancer grows and behaves.

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