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Major study out on effects of Covid-19 lockdown

21 April 2020

New Zealanders are proving resilient during the current lockdown but there has been a rise in levels of mental distress, according to the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS).
How to move to level 2 as quickly as possible

20 April 2020

We can get to level 2 quite quickly with the right monitoring and tracing, if testing capacity is sufficient and results are speedy, say leading New Zealand scientists.
NZ among global marine life hotspots

17 April 2020

Scientists have identified the world’s ocean hotspots where the widest variety of marine life can be found and say their work provides a roadmap to meeting long-held conservation goals.
Modern political differences linked to human evolution

15 April 2020

What determines our views on taxation, welfare, crime, healthcare, military spending and climate change?
Using creative design and 3D printing to make the world a safer place

15 April 2020

Engineers in the Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (the Lab) at the Faculty of Engineering have designed a simple emergency ventilator operated by an automated hand.
Aroha the chatbot launched to help teens in COVID-19 lockdown

9 April 2020

A new chatbot could help support teenagers with managing stress during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Looking after the pet tropical fish online

8 April 2020

When a team of ABI researchers learned of the likelihood of the Stage 4 lockdown they needed to organise, among myriad things, a way to look after their pet fish.
University scientists date ancient tree at 28,000 years

8 April 2020

Radiocarbon dating has estimated that fragments of a tree recovered from a City Rail Link construction site are 28,000 years old – a time when moa, woolly mammoths and sabre tooth tigers still roamed the planet.
Sexually deceptive orchids and a duped wasp

7 April 2020

Falling for the sex-deception techniques of orchids could be a costly business for male parasitoid wasps according to a new study looking at the ‘economics of sperm’ as a vital part of long-term survival.
Crunching big data to help in a crisis

7 April 2020

Experts from the Business School have been analysing big data to assist the Ministry of Health and District Health Boards create a temporary funding model for service providers to older people living in their homes.
New app traces contacts, retains privacy, says expert

2 April 2020

Using digital data for contact tracing could be a powerful tool for containing the spread of Covid-19, and a new technology app in Singapore could help address fears of data privacy, says a digital data expert.
Auckland bioengineer recognised as one of the world’s best

2 April 2020

Professor Martyn Nash, of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Department of Engineering Science, has been inducted to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

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