Articles by University of Otago

Cyclones can stir up nutrients in the ocean leading to phytoplankton blooms in their wake

Researchers analyze the teeth in extinct lemurs and find similar patterns to fossil hominins

New method of obtaining genomic data from small vertebrate remains that causes no visible damage to the underlying bone

Few of the news stories analyzed in a recent study included information about non-pharmaceutical treatments for chronic pain, despite these being the preferred option for most chronic pain conditions

Researchers report that memory in the form of 'DNA methylation' is preserved between generations of fish, in contrast to humans where this is almost entirely erased

Broadly speaking, this gene can be thought of as one of the genetic factors that make us human in a neurological sense

Irish Famine victims were heavy smokers, which caused badly rotten teeth, researchers have discovered

Several other global biome maps exist, but the researchers’ goal was to produce one that is not reliant on expert opinion or correlations between vegetation and climate

Project is among the first Deep South Challenge funding allocations that will see over $9 million spent on six projects over four years