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Mushroom Testing Could Be Magic
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:29 pm | University of Auckland
Magic mushrooms are typically either grown from spores or foraged, then prepared in various ways to preserve them and enhance their effects. The active ingredient, psilocybin, is relatively benign, but mushrooms contain other pharmacologically active ... More >>
Oceans Heating Faster In Two Bands Stretching Around Globe
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 3:23 pm | University of Auckland
The world’s oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe, and New Zealand is in one of them, according to new research led by climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth. More >>
Climate Effects Of Volcanoes Beneath The Waves
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 2:25 pm | University of Auckland
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists. More >>
One Tree Hill Terraces Too Steep To Weather Storm
Monday, 28 April 2025, 1:28 pm | University of Auckland
“These landslides appear to be unprecedented, at least in living memory, so we thought it was worth investigating and documenting for the future,” Brook says. More >>
Māori Concerns About Misuse Of Facial Recognition Technology Highlighted In Science
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 4:13 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Her commentary is timely as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner looks to implement a Code of practice to regulate biometric data processing. Kukutai says our Privacy Act is unique internationally because it requires the Privacy Commissioner to take ... More >>
French Expert Examines ‘Global Threat’ Of Microplastics
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 3:19 pm | University of Auckland
Recycling is not an effective solution, because micro and nano-sized plastic particles are still emitted during plastic production, throughout its use and after it is turned into new plastic products. More >>
Exhibition Announcement : Tala O Le Tau, Angela Tiatia & Yuki Kihara, Gus Fisher Gallery
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:46 am | Gus Fisher Gallery
Gus Fisher Gallery's upcoming exhibition Tala o le tau brings together new and significant bodies of work by Angela Tiatia, Yuki Kihara and women from Moata’a Aualuma Community that collectively explore themes of climate crisis, matrilineal histories and indigenous ... More >>
New Zealand Professor's Paper Is One Of Century's Most-Cited
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 3:27 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland Professor Ginny Braun co-authored this century’s third most-cited scientific paper, which shows researchers how to conduct `thematic analysis’ of qualitative data. More >>
Inaugural Oceania Seabird Symposium Underway At University Of Auckland
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:29 pm | University of Auckland
The three-day symposium organised by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) runs from 14-17 April. More >>
Online Gaming Review On Pacific Youth: Urgent Need For More Research
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:17 pm | University of Auckland
Dr. Allen is currently undertaking a three-year Marsden-funded research project, "Virtual Voyagers: Amplifying Pacific Girl Gamer Voices." The project focuses on Pacific girl gamers to understand more about how online gaming contributes to their ... More >>
US Academic Takes Reins On Pacific Housing Research
Friday, 11 April 2025, 3:39 pm | University of Auckland
Miller grew up listening to stories about life in traditional Indigenous Hawaiian housing communities, known as kauhale. His father passed on stories about his childhood, growing up in a ‘camp’ in Hawaii, where the community lived simply in clusters ... More >>
NZ Atom-Smashers Honoured With Top Science Prize
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 4:31 pm | University of Auckland
The Breakthrough Prize was to recognise research with the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest smasher of atoms, which has revealed information about the fundamental properties of matter, energy, and the early universe. More >>
Renters Miss Out On Real Relief From Housing Subsidy - Study
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 2:41 pm | University of Auckland
In contrast, the researchers show that mortgage subsidies work more effectively, helping to level the playing field between low- and high-income homeowners. More >>
Global EV Adoption Fails To Cut CO - Study
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 2:00 pm | University of Auckland
Using data from 26 countries over 15 years, they found a surprising trend: higher EV uptake was linked to increased CO emissions. The reason? In a number of countries, EVs are still being powered by electricity generated through burning fossil fuels ... More >>
‘Democracy Is Not Lost’: Experts Discuss NZ’s Place In Changing World
Friday, 4 April 2025, 8:08 am | University of Auckland
Armoudian, who will chair the panel discussion, says she is “deeply concerned” about the ideological shift in the US that is moving towards greater authoritarianism and denial of climate realities. More >>
The Transformative Power Of Urban Food Forests
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:31 am | University of Auckland
Five years ago, Kelly learned about syntropic agroforestry at a workshop at PermaDynamics in Northland. It’s a new technique for growing trees and food that is inspired by pre-modern farming in Europe and contemporary indigenous practices in Brazil. More >>
Estuaries Are Literally In Hot Water, Says Researcher
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:51 am | University of Auckland
The researchers will spend three weeks studying two New Zealand estuaries – probably Whangateau Harbour on Auckland’s east coast, where a massive cockle die off occurred in 2009, and a west coast estuary with dark sediment. More >>
New Cases Of Dementia Picked Up By Researchers
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:40 am | University of Auckland
Dementia is associated with loss of memory, mental confusion, language problems, spatial perception difficulties, and changes in mood and behaviour. The project has been able to help several older people and caregivers who were experiencing distress ... More >>
Sili-Mireta Ropati: A Decade Of Dedication And Cultural Pride
Friday, 28 March 2025, 2:27 pm | University of Auckland
The festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary since it first began as a pop-up cultural performance showcase in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, has been a proud partner of Polyfest over the last 15 years, ... More >>
Click, Click, Click... First Shark Sounds Recorded
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 5:32 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers at Leigh Marine Laboratory in Auckland have upended the notion sharks are silent. More >>
