Appeltans and colleagues including Mark Costello from the University of Auckland have now built such an inventory.

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The University of Auckland has figured out a way to let those muscles play a more active role.

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In New Zealand, the University of Auckland lost more than 20 faculty members to American universities in the 1990s, says Mr Alexander.

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In 2011, Jenny Holzhaider of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and her colleagues looked at an even more distantly related species, New Caledonian crows.

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To build such a heart, Dr Noble has joined forces with Raimond Winslow, of Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, (who has been doing similar work) and Peter Hunter, of the University of Auckland, in New Zealand.

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"The buses have signs that they are electric, and people say that they like the experience - the buses are a lot smoother than diesel ones, " said Mathias Wechlin from Conductix-Wampfler, a German company that, just like HaloIPT, originally sprung from the University of Auckland and now licenses the technology.

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According to Jian Yang, of Auckland University, New Zealand, nationalism plays less of a part in technical areas such as economics, which may matter as much, if not more, to China's leaders.

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Haley, a chaired professor of international business at Massey University in Auckland.

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