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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Mandalorian Iron

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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Mandalorian Iron

Dr Catherine Whitby, Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on Mandalorian Iron from Star Wars.

November 27, 2020

Using Tiwai's power to cut pollution from our internet searches

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Using Tiwai's power to cut pollution from our internet searches

Co-Director Nicola Gaston has creative suggestions for repurposing the renewable electricity Tiwai is abandoning.

November 24, 2020

How a breakthrough material could supercharge our homes and cars

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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

Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Philosopher's Stone

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Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Philosopher's Stone

Dr Erin Leitao, Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on The Philosopher's Stone from Harry Potter.

November 13, 2020

How high-tech recycling could stop waste batteries becoming the next plastic crisis

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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

Green energy: You've got cheap data, is cheap power next?

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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

Materials Fact or Fiction - The Black Hole in Interstellar

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Materials Fact or Fiction - The Black Hole in Interstellar

Professor Richard Easther gives us his scientific take on the Black Hole from the movie Interstellar.

October 30, 2020

MacDiarmid Institute Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme 2021

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MacDiarmid Institute Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme 2021

The MacDiarmid Institute are hosting the Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme in Rotorua, February 2021.

October 23, 2020

Unexpected directions make new maps

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Unexpected directions make new maps

Becoming CEO of a startup is never straightforward, but Dr Kyle Webster has taken the ‘long road’ to an extreme

October 22, 2020

MacDiarmid Institute winners at the 2020 Kiwinet Awards

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MacDiarmid Institute winners at the 2020 Kiwinet Awards

Congratulations to Eldon Tate and Jim Johnston for their big wins at the Kiwinet Research Commercialisation Awards.

October 20, 2020

Materials Fact or Fiction - Octiron

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Materials Fact or Fiction - Octiron

MacDiarmid Institute PhD Student Kate Andrew gives their scientific take on Octiron from The Discworld Series.

October 16, 2020

Postdocs: the key to NZ's post-Covid recovery

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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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