Agrifood Digital Lab and the NZ Product Accelerator announce hub for Palmerston North
Massey University’s AgriFood Digital Lab (MAFDL) is partnering with the NZ Product Accelerator (NZPA) to form a new hub in Palmerston North.
Bournemouth University host girls’ football festival at Vitality Stadium
Bournemouth University hosted a football festival for local girls’ football teams at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium.
UNSW program to reduce rural doctor shortage recognised with Premier’s Award
UNSW has partnered with Murrumbidgee Local Health District to provide a coordinated pathway for doctors wanting to become rural generalists.
Experts to discuss what a post-Covid world might look like
In the online event ‘Escaping to a post-Covid world’, a group of University experts from clinical and respiratory medicine to public health, as well as education and social work...
Cycleways and walking paths boost rates of active travel
Investing in cycleways and walking paths has boosted the use of active travel in two North Island cities, particularly by Māori and people on low incomes, researchers have found.
New Leeds facility opens to accelerate health research
A state-of-the-art research facility providing opportunities for new and bold discoveries through multidisciplinary health research has opened at the University of Leeds.
Sleep treatment used by 1 in 4 children with autism
One in four children on the autism spectrum in Aotearoa New Zealand are given melatonin to help them sleep, a new University of Canterbury (UC) study has found.
What marsupials can teach us about brain development
University of Queensland research has revealed features of early human brain development are mimicked in the brains of marsupials.
AI assist for COVID-19 diagnosis
The new AI system uses a deep learning-based algorithm that is able to quickly and accurately distinguish between COVID-19 cases, normal cases, and pneumonia in X-ray images.
Finger-prick test could screen for early Alzheimer’s
GPs could soon be able to screen their patients for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using a simple handheld device developed by Monash engineers.
