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Diet link to problems during gestation

Is there a link between certain diets and pregnancy complications?

Smartphones and the flu fight

Health authorities could gain an unprecedented picture of how the flu spreads with complex models that reveal how we move among each other.

New research defines 'kidults'

People in their 20s could accurately be described as "kidults", according to research that suggests adolescent effects on the brain extend far beyond the early teens.

Neurons hold key to future

Kiwi scientists will this week unveil next-generation technology modelled on the greatest supercomputer known - the human brain.

Superhero vision a reality

Scientists are developing new contact lenses that could give wearers superhero-like vision.

Dr Matthew Vermilyea: Studies of IVF tots turn focus to future

Assisted reproductive technology has advanced significantly since the first healthy IVF baby was born more than 35 years ago.

Scientists are closing in on a cure for love, but should they go ahead with it?

Is love just a troublesome artifice we've created for ourselves, or a fundamental part of human existence, to be cherished even when it hurts us?

Sports analysis puts students on track

Students taking part in a sports technology course at an Auckland high school will attend the training sessions of top teams.

IVF: What's next, baby?

Nearly 40 years after the first IVF birth, scientists are still unsure of the long-term effects of their laboratory Beginnings. Helen Massy-Beresford reports.

How hibernation could help treat Alzheimer's

A mechanism that protects the brain when animals hibernate could help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Brothers' diagnosis devastates parents

Auckland brothers, aged 3 years and 10 months respectively, both have a muscle-wasting genetic disorder with no cure that could claim their lives as early as their twenties.

Artificial arteries a game changer for heart surgery - research

Artificial arteries designed like gun barrels could revolutionise heart bypass surgery and save health services millions, researchers claim.

Nap boosts baby's memory

A daytime nap is an essential part of every baby's routine.

Robots probe climate change

Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.

New antibiotic offers great hope against resistant bugs

The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a "paradigm shift" in the fight against the growing resistance to such drugs.

Kiwis break ground with DNA finding

A Kiwi-led research breakthrough could see defective genes replaced with custom-designed DNA - a move that would combat hundreds of different diseases.