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Science and technology
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The tough science behind locating breast tumours
3 May 2024
Breast tissue has an unnerving tendency to move around in complicated ways, making it hard to pinpoint breast tumours when it comes to surgery. A team at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute wants to change that.
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Samuel Mehr: the scientist unravelling music’s mysteries
2 May 2024
A $200,000 prize is music to the ears of leading-edge researcher Samuel Mehr.
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Students did better at maths, science in single-sex schools
26 April 2024
How do single-sex and co-ed schools compare for students learning maths and science?
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Tools for living within earth's ecological limits
24 April 2024
Opinion: Marine scientists Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher and Professor Simon Thrush report on improving links between research and ecosystem management.
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One plus one equals remarkable: double Humboldt win
17 April 2024
The Department of Mathematics is celebrating prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards.
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Expedition witnesses vast change in Antarctic's icy seas
9 April 2024
Professor Craig Stevens writes on the freeze-thaw cycle of Antarctic sea ice, a defining property of our planet.
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Every flush a donation to science
9 April 2024
You probably don’t give a second thought to what you flush down the toilet. But wastewater and all that it contains provides valuable knowledge to researchers.
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Hacking planet Earth will not save us from ourselves
27 March 2024
Opinion: A number of geoengineering methods have been proposed as a way to cool our warming planet, but such technologies are likely to create problems in another part of the planet, says Kevin Trenberth.
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Wastewater testing sheds light on alcohol consumption
19 March 2024
University of Auckland scientists led the first big trial of wastewater sampling to monitor alcohol consumption.
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Algebraic beats, geometric grooves from mathematician at Womad
15 March 2024
Dr Pedram Hekmati loves showing audiences the interlinked beauty of maths and music.
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Unprecedented heatwaves revealed by marine lab’s historic data
11 March 2024
A unique record at the University of Auckland's Leigh marine lab shows dramatic change in the Hauraki Gulf.
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Internships support a new generation of researchers
8 March 2024
A summer internship can be a lonely experience. That wasn’t the case for the 12 interns supported by Te Pūnaha Matatini over the 2023-24 summer.