Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Science
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Microplastics in Auckland's air revealed
12 December 2022
Microplastic pollution in Auckland's air is equivalent to millions of plastic bottles per year.
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Organic electronics for neurodegenerative diseases
12 December 2022
Researchers have invented organic electronic materials that will transform the sensing and management of Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Gillian Dobbie appointed Marsden Fund Council Chair
9 December 2022
Computer scientist and data-driven professor Gillian Dobbie is the new Marsden Fund Council Chair.
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Adventures in nanotech: growing a metallic snowflake
9 December 2022
Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for new materials.
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Scholarship helps student chase dream of supporting Māori youth
6 December 2022
For second-year student Cyrus Rudd, a scholarship established by two University of Auckland alumni is helping him achieve his goal of supporting Māori youth facing mental health challenges.
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Making New Zealand’s subantarctic islands pest free
28 November 2022
The groundwork has been laid for finishing the job, says Professor James Russell.
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Nanotechnology work wins top science award
24 November 2022
A University of Auckland academic has won a top New Zealand science award.
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Microplastics alter ecosystem in Auckland's Waitematā Harbour
21 November 2022
Clams, crabs, shrimp and microscopic worms live in an ecosystem fundamentally changed by tiny pieces of plastic, University of Auckland research shows.
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Vice-Chancellor signs agreement with university in Viet Nam
18 November 2022
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, signed an agreement with Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) during a senior business delegation to Viet Nam, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Life is thriving beneath Antarctic sea ice, study suggests
18 November 2022
Dr Chris Horvat's research suggests there's more going on beneath Antarctic sea ice than we realised.
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Getting a fix on the southern right whale (tohorā)
18 November 2022
Project will model how the whale's habitats and feeding locations may alter under climate change.
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A summer of machine learning and data sovereignty
16 November 2022
Dion Wharerau spent the summer as an intern with Te Hiku Media, working to improve their automatic speech recognition model for te reo Māori.