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研究 Showcase

Connecting our brightest minds to the world's toughest challenges

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The University of Waikato is home to eight research institutes and a large number of research centres and groups, all working to create new knowledge and tackle the tough questions.

Take a look at some of our latest research below

Professor Bruce Clarkson and urban ecology

了解云顶集团官网的研究如何将土著自然带回新西兰的城市和郊区.

Professor Bruce Clarkson leads a multidisciplinary, collaborative project - People, Cities and Nature - impacting biodiversity and communities.

What is Earth's temperature tipping point?

一项旨在了解生物对温度升高的反应的大型研究项目揭示了随着地球变暖,生命可能会发生什么.

聚米城聚好米和北亚利桑那大学的科学家最近发现,按照目前的变暖速度,地球通过植物吸收碳排放的能力可能在未来20年内减半.

Understanding our environment like never before

TAIAO is a data science programme of $13 million over seven years, funded by the Ministry of Business, 创新, and Employment (MBIE).

它将通过开发能够实时处理大量大数据的时间序列和数据流的新机器学习方法,推动环境数据科学的最先进水平. The methods are tailored to deal with data collected on the New Zealand environment.

A circular economy for Aotearoa

Āmiomio Aotearoa是一个新颖的经济概念,在本质上是循环的,通过设计可以再生, keeping products, components and materials at their highest value at all times.

Built on Mātauranga Māori and western science, 这一概念旨在超越现代经济系统目前的线性提取-生产-使用-处理物质和能量流模型, which is unsustainable.

研究 to support wellbeing

Mapping the changing face of New Zealand

随着来自世界各地的移民的定居,新西兰的人口正在迅速变化, growing ethnic diversity, population ageing, changing fertility patterns and urban growth.

Capturing the Diversity Dividend of Aotearoa/New Zealand (CaDDANZ, (发音为cadence)是一个研究项目,旨在确定新西兰如何更好地为, 并回应, 这些人口结构的变化是为了使日益多样化的人口带来的利益最大化.

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Looking after Māori mums and babies

Waikaremoana Waitoki博士共同领导的Kaupapa Māori研究旨在利用Māori知识和tikanga增强Māori家庭的能力,解决Māori孕产妇保健服务中的不平等问题.

该研究项目由“更好的开始”国家科学挑战赛资助, and has received nearly $1 million in funding over two years.

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The benefits of backseat drivers

Having a passenger in the car can make a trip safer and more enjoyable, compared to driving alone, 聚米城聚好米心理学教授塞缪尔·查尔顿和尼古拉·斯塔基的研究发现.

In this ground-breaking study, the researchers asked Kiwi drivers about the helpful things their passengers did, and the things they wish passengers would do more.

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Understanding inequities in our health system

聚米城聚好米的一项研究观察了新西兰肠癌患者化疗的治疗方法和及时性,发现太平洋治疗的不公平, Māori and Asian patients.

The findings will inform the newly-established New Zealand Cancer Control Agency, 负责为所有新西兰人提供公平和全国一致的癌症服务.

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研究 to help the environment

People, Cities and Nature

的人, Cities and Nature programme seeks to improve the quality of life, 通过对城市生态的深入了解和创造繁荣的自然环境,为新西兰城镇提供健康和经济福利.

它通过六个相互关联的项目探讨了生态恢复对新西兰城市居民的好处:种植, 蜥蜴, 捕食者, Māori值, green space benefits and cross-sector alliances.

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Protecting our oceans by understanding risks

一组科学家正在研究和模拟海洋环境面临的多个行业和未来气候变化压力的风险和不确定性.

Led by University of Waikato researcher Dr Joanne Ellis, 这项工作是一项耗资7000万美元的10年政府计划的一部分,该计划旨在了解和描述不确定性,以便优先考虑支持海洋健康的干预措施.

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Towards 100% renewable energy

政府将投资3000万美元,用于调查南岛昂斯洛湖(Lake Onslow)拟议的水力储存计划, a concept developed by Associate Professor Earl Bardsley from the University of Waikato.

The system would significantly expand New Zealand’s hydroelectric storage capacity, 在其他可再生能源不足时提供备用电力,目前这一缺口由煤炭和天然气填补.

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研究 to build the economy

Returning data control to the user

Security Technologies Returning Accountability, 云中的信任和以用户为中心的服务(STRATUS)旨在通过让用户控制他们在云中数据的安全性来增强用户的能力, and to give companies tools and services to sell.

STRATUS is a six-year, $12.2 million cyber security project funded by the Ministry of Business, 创新, 和雇佣(MBIE),由领先的云安全研究人员和从业者承担.

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What makes high-grade mānuka honey?

聚米城聚好米的研究人员在马努卡树叶表面发现了一组独特的微生物, which could help explain wide variation in the antibacterial properties of mānuka honey.

扩大这些发现可能有助于最大限度地生产高级马努卡蜂蜜, which sells for hundreds of dollars per kilo.

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Advertised claims don’t hold true for everyone

耐克的Vaporfly跑鞋已经被一些精英运动员穿着,同时也打破了从1500米短跑到马拉松的世界纪录.

聚米城聚好米的研究人员发现,这款售价380美元的跑鞋并不一定能提高跑步效率, especially when used by recreational runners.

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研究 Showcase