Breadcrumbs List.
Doctoral
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Bioengineers tackle underwater fouling in new way
14 November 2018
University of Auckland bioengineers have developed an innovative way to get rid of the underwater biofouling that creates such a headache for marinas, boaties and aqua farmers.
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Great science and good food makes million dollar business
15 October 2018
A New Zealand start-up making apple, sauvignon blanc and pinot noir flour has received a $NZ1.2 million injection from the home of gastronomy, France.
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Origins of female homosexuality
11 October 2018
Hormonal environments in the womb may help explain the evolutionary origins of female homosexuality and determine the spectrum of sexual orientation in women according to a review article published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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Accounting lecturer graduates
27 September 2018
Dr Lina Li, a lecturer in Accounting at the Business School, graduated with a PhD this week. Family from Auckland, Tauranga and even China joined her to celebrate and watch her accept her degree.
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Easing the way for bicultural engagement
27 September 2018
How Māori and Pākehā engage face-to-face, and develop strong relationships across difference, was central to PhD research by Dr Frances Hancock who graduated from the Faculty of Education and Social Work.
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Watch Liggins Institute Gut Bugs study doco on TV
27 September 2018
Would you take capsules of healthy, lean people’s poo if you thought it might radically improve your health?
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Tiny fruit flies unravelling the secrets to end of life
10 August 2018
We are used to seeing them dive-bombing our glass of wine or hovering around the fruit bowl, but now the tiny fruit fly is paving the way in ground-breaking research at the University of Auckland.
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Keeping science serious by avoiding the 'p' word
24 July 2018
Tom Bodey (Biological Sciences) talks about behaviour differences in individual animal species – but avoids talking ‘personality’ to keep his science serious.
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Data science can tell us which political party is dominating
4 July 2018
Young scientists from the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington have come up with a novel way to figure out which party or parties in New Zealand's Parliament are dominating any particular political debate or discourse.
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Not letting the neighbours ruin the mood
6 June 2018
New research into the reproductive behaviour of one of New Zealand's most mysterious and unusual insects , the cave weta , shows that the male weta's distinctively-elongated hind legs play a vital role in ensuring mating success.
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A heinous new terror tactic in Indonesia
18 May 2018
Opinion: University of Auckland PhD candidate Sigit Prasetyo and Dr Chris Wilson contemplate an inexplicable new terror tactic involving entire families in Indonesia.
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From high school science project to PhD
16 May 2018
A science project at Kerikeri High School sparked a lifelong interest in microbial science for Alastair Harris, who is about to embark on a PhD in Molecular Microbiology.