John Yudkin, British nutritionist and 1972 author of the highly-controversial book "Pure, White and Deadly", and who sounded the alarm on sugar and poor health when I was a postdoc at Purdue University and then a staff scientist ...
Apr 21, 2016
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New research suggests that suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in openness to mystical experiences.
Dec 4, 2015
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Following a highly publicised 2012 incident on a mountain bike track in Canterbury's Port Hills, a Victoria University of Wellington academic has begun conducting research into cycle rage.
Sep 4, 2015
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Victoria University developmental psychology expert Vanessa Green believes the solution to school bullying is at our fingertips.
Jul 14, 2015
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The research, which has been published in the highly-regarded journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, suggests that peloruside A—a substance produced by the marine sponge Mycale henscheli, found mostly in Pelorus Sound—has ...
Jul 7, 2015
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A 'one size fits all' approach to healthcare is being called into question by a researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, who says the immune systems of Māori and Pasifika people are very different from those with ...
Jun 16, 2015
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A novel way of treating cancer using immunotherapy has been discovered in a joint research venture between Victoria University and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, and is on track to being tested on cancer patients.
May 25, 2015
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PhD student Mohammad Ayat's research involved developing a model of the cochlea, a snail-shaped chamber in the human ear, focused on the cochlear microphonic (CM)—an electrical signal generated inside the cochlea in response ...
May 13, 2015
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A series of studies from Victoria University of Wellington have revealed that when people evaluate the quality of products, and their past behaviour, they tend to take a rosier view if they've been looking at decorative photographs.
May 6, 2015
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For her PhD thesis 'Misfits: An ethnographic study of extremely fat patients in intensive care', Caz Hales, who will be graduating in Victoria's May celebration, looked at the challenges critically ill patients weighing between ...
Apr 23, 2015
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