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New Zealand’s fast foods on average contain 8 percent more sodium than comparable foods in the UK and a massive 18 percent more than those in France, as shown in an international study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.  >>

Researchers from The University of Auckland have discovered why people feel as though they have jet-lag after surgery, and the findings may have implications for post-operative recovery.  >>

University researchers and postgraduate students with strong technical or artistic skills in computer animation are being invited to get involved with the University’s brand-new Laboratory for Animate Technologies.  >>

Public key cryptography is a major interdisciplinary subject with many real-world applications. This book has been carefully written to communicate the major ideas and techniques in this subject to a broad audience of students and specialists.  >>

University IT services are about to take a giant step forward with work already underway on an innovative new data centre at the Tāmaki Innovation Campus.  >>

Auckland physicists lead with a new class of research in the use of flexible air-cored photonic crystal fibres for flexible, low dispersion, lossless transmission at terahertz frequencies.  >>

There are estimated to be just 55 adult and juvenile Maui’s dolphins according to a joint study by The University of Auckland, Department of Conservation and Oregon State University.  >>

A collective of artists, scientists, educators and environmental researchers seeking to raise awareness of water issues in Auckland City have created a unique interactive art event which will open to coincide with World Water Day.  >>

Science and arts graduate Chris White is on the edge of making a fortune in computer games.  >>

Research from The University of Auckland on changes in cloud height in the decade to 2010 has provided the first hint of a cooling mechanism that may be in play in the Earth’s climate.  >>

Innovative research has revealed why Bryde’s whales are so vulnerable to being killed by ships in the Hauraki Gulf, and University of Auckland scientists Dr Rochelle Constantine and Dr Natacha Aguilar are calling for speed restrictions  >>

El Niño and La Niña weather patterns will become even more dominant in New Zealand with climate change, according to research from The University of Auckland published in Nature Climate Change  >>

Four associate professors from the Faculty of Science have been promoted to professor.  >>

Professor Suzanne Purdy, an expert in speech science, will deliver her inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Thursday 1 December.  >>

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon and the Grand Master of the Freemasons, Mr Selwyn Cooper, this evening.  >>

Associate Professor Shaun Cooper of Massey University (Albany), a Mathematics department MSc alumni was awarded the NZMS medal at the Royal Society of New Zealand 2011 Research Honours event held in Wellington on Wednesday 17 November  >>

Professor Gillian Lewis, an expert in microbial water quality, will deliver her inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Monday 21 November.  >>

The transition from solitary to group living provided protection from predators that allowed our primate ancestors to come down from the trees and become active during the daytime, according to research from the Universities of Auckland and Oxford.  >>

Ti Point Vineyard’s 2010 Ti Point One Merlot Cabernet franc and Omaha Bay Vineyard’s 2009 Pinot gris, both from Matakana, were named the champion red and white wines of the 2011 Upper North Island Wine Competition at Old Government House on Satur  >>

Professor Winston Byblow, an expert in movement neuroscience, will deliver his inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Thursday 10 November.  >>