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Canterbury University working on Covid-19 breath test to replace invasive nose swab
Study led by University of Canterbury researchers has shown a breath test may be able to detect Covid-19.
February 26, 2021
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The search for a better battery
Dr Shalini Duvya went on RadioNZ to talk about how she is starting a company to create the next sustainable...
January 18, 2021
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Industrial toxin recycling startup attracts international investors
Zincovery has raised over $1 million to help commercialise a product that will reduce environmental toxins created by the galvanising...
December 10, 2020
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How a breakthrough material could supercharge our homes and cars
Martin Allen is replacing the silicon we use in electronic devices to make them faster, smaller and more efficient.
November 24, 2020
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How high-tech recycling could stop waste batteries becoming the next plastic crisis
Nano-recycling in making the most of the tiny-scale but potentially harmful waste from batteries, circuit boards and more.
November 10, 2020
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Green energy: You've got cheap data, is cheap power next?
The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years; could green energy create a similar revolution?
November 4, 2020
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Postdocs: the key to NZ's post-Covid recovery
Co-Directors Nicola Gaston and Justin Hodgkiss write about funding postdocs to keep talent in New Zealand and elevate the economy.
October 14, 2020
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Zincovery: The award-winning startup tackling waste from galvanised steel
Co-founder Aaron Marshall was also selected as a KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards finalist.
September 9, 2020
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Five alternatives to aluminium at Tiwai
The market failure imposed by the use of Tiwai Point as an aluminium smelter does not mean that there are...
August 11, 2020
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DiscoveryCamp could be the cure for low numbers of Māori and Pasifika in science
DiscoveryCamp gives Māori and Pasifika high school students a taste of life as a scientist.
August 7, 2020
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Recycling breakthrough set to save environment from acid
An industrial prototype to recycle acid waste from Christchurch’s galvanised steel industries is just the beginning for researchers at the...
June 8, 2020
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Deep tech and the Māori economy can be the backbone of NZ’s recovery
Geoff Willmott discusses how the tech sector and the Māori economy is well-placed to lead New Zealand's recovery from Covid-19.
June 4, 2020
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