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New biomaterial for corneal transplants

2 December 2021

2021 Research Excellence Award winner Dr Laura Domigan will test if eye tissue from fish can be developed into corneal transplants. Corneal damage is one of the leading causes of blindness.
Artificial Intelligence for better asthma care

2 December 2021

Amy Chan is using artificial intelligence to derive better ways for asthmatics to say on top of their condition.
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New tools to explore frontiers in mathematics

2 December 2021

Eamonn O'Brien devises algorithms and algebra as tools to answer fundamental research questions.
Preventing brain damage at time of birth

2 December 2021

Laura Bennet and her team investigate new ways to monitor brain waves in babies at the time of birth. Their goal: reduce brain damage due to hypoxia or oxygen deprivation.
Healthy microbiomes for New Zealand infants

2 December 2021

Tommi Vatanen explores how infant microbiomes have an positive impact on future health and well-being.
How cancer treatment needs to get personal

12 November 2021

Personalised medicine is more than a buzzword for researchers determined to create better and bespoke treatment for blood cancer patients.
Hunt for blood marker for endometrial cancer

21 October 2021

Endometrial cancer is striking younger women. Detection and treatment could be improved with a first-of-its-kind blood test.
To see a face is to stir the emotions

29 September 2021

Kaumātua and kuia have a special place in Māori society that needs to be acknowledged in a time when Covid 19 forces changes to tikanga.
Can viewing art reduce stress?

29 September 2021

There's evidence that looking at paintings can reduce stress and anxiety. A researcher wants to know if this phenomenon can help surgery patients heal.
Shaping a post-Covid Aotearoa

23 September 2021

Opinion: New Zealand’s Covid response has been praised for being led by research, expertise and evidence. Let’s use the same approach for all the big challenges we face, writes Jim Metson.
Tools of ancient hunters find their place in outer space

19 July 2021

Space might be the final frontier, but, like all frontiers it’s strewn with junk. Luckily, Professor Guglielmo Aglietti, director of the Auckland Space Institute has a plan
Literacy needs a life course revolution

30 June 2021

Professor Stuart McNaughton on how a life course approach to literacy and learning would support our children to be confident readers, writers and critical thinkers.

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