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Scientists sequence ship rat genome for first time

23 March 2020

A New Zealand – Australia collaboration has produced the first full genome sequence of Rattus rattus (ship or black rat).
How AI can lighten the load on our painful knees

23 March 2020

Surgeons are using AI-driven software developed by the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to operate on the knees of young patients, and have shown that it could reduce the recovery time of patients receiving a high-tibial osteotomy by two-thirds.
Brain tissue increases after giving birth - study

19 March 2020

A new study has found that grey matter in women’s brains increases after they give birth.
Multi-million dollar collaboration in cyber security

17 March 2020

The University of Auckland will host a major multi-million dollar trans-Tasman collaboration in cyber security aimed at ensuring both countries have the best possible solutions to existing and future cyber-enabled threats.
Public lecture: the Sun’s magnetic field – sunspots and cycles

16 March 2020

The Sun’s magnetic field exists on a very wide variety of scales, from sunspots down to small ‘bright points’ between the surface cellular motions, called solar granulation.
Lighting up the foyer of the ABI

16 March 2020

A interactive light installation created for the Ellen Melville Centre in Freyberg Place to celebrate the 2020 Auckland Pride Festival how now been installed on the ground floor of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI).
Student creates start-up while recovering from car crash

16 March 2020

Annabelle Collins reckons a car accident on Auckland’s northern motorway was one of the best things that ever happened to her.
Survey probes attitudes to pest control

12 March 2020

Scientists have created an online survey based on new research to test how New Zealanders feel about pest management and want as many people as possible to take part.
Nuclear power and climate change

9 March 2020

Our survival as a species depends on an uninterrupted supply of energy but how we successfully power the world without contributing to climate change is a major challenge.
Research focus on interventions in the workplace

5 March 2020

Funding for research on interventions to improve employee wellbeing in small and medium-sized organisations has been awarded to the University of Auckland’s Dr Lixin Jiang.
Sir Peter Gluckman leads think tank focused on critical global issues

4 March 2020

Countering the global rise of misinformation and declining public trust with robust research and evidence-based advice is the fundamental goal of a new think tank at the University of Auckland.
Smarter than we thought: Kea reason about probability

4 March 2020

Kea make smart predictions when reasoning about uncertain events, behaving similarly to humans when faced with statistical reasoning tasks, according to a new study from the School of Psychology.

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