Breadcrumbs List.
Science and technology
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Can we have our fish and eat it too?
31 March 2022
Can we have our fish and eat it too? Here's a proposal for remaking global fishing.
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Drones monitor manta rays in PhD student's research
21 March 2022
An innovation developed by a University of Auckland student helps scientists monitor endangered manta rays.
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Renaissance beauty recipes recreated in the modern chemistry lab
15 March 2022
Popular beauty recipes from Renaissance Europe are being recreated and analysed by the Beautiful Chemistry Project, a cross-faculty team at the University of Auckland.
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Sharks can sleep with eyes wide open, research shows
10 March 2022
What happens when sharks sleep? A new study gives the first physiological evidence.
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No, catching Omicron is not inevitable
9 March 2022
Computer scientist Dr David Welch says you don't need to catch Omicron. Here's the evidence.
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International Women’s Day: women at the forefront of bioengineering innovation
7 March 2022
One of the themes of International Women’s Day 2022 is the championing of women forging innovation through technology, a theme exemplified by research led by women at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI).
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When trust in government slumps: lessons from pandemic survey
4 March 2022
When people lose trust in the government, effects may ripple across workplaces and individuals' wellbeing.
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Glub, glub, glub… a sound library of the underwater world
21 February 2022
Most people don’t know that the underwater world has dawn and dusk choruses, similar to those of the birds on land.
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Turning PPE into water: sounds like a miracle?
16 February 2022
Turning non-recyclable PPE into water and vinegar could be the game-changing solution the world needs to stop massive dumping into landfills and oceans.
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Top industry award for earthquake and fire safety research
16 February 2022
Almost four decades of research with fire and earthquake safety in mind has brought highest industry honours to Dr Charles Clifton from the Faculty of Engineering.
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NZ and German researchers partner up in space
15 February 2022
University of Auckland and German space experts are partnering up for research into using carbon fibre for spacecraft and laser light technology to transmit data to Earth.
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Bioengineers use Artificial Intelligence to transform hip surgery
10 February 2022
Formus Labs, a company that grew out of research done at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is set to transform orthopaedic surgery, with the world’s first automated 3D pre-operative planner for joint replacements.