Events
The ICAM Week of Science 2025 will convene an exceptional group of scientists from across the globe to discuss the…
July 19, 2024
Events
Hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute, NanoCamp is a four-day residential lab experience with top scientists, completing hands-on investigations into a…
July 12, 2024
Events
Hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute, DiscoveryCamp is a four day science camp for current year 12 and 13 Māori and…
July 12, 2024
In The Media
Her day job of working to decarbonise the zinc and steel industries is a fair stretch from lambing time on…
July 9, 2024
Podcast
Kate Andrew discusses the imaginary element Octiron, one of the key plot devices of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
June 19, 2024
Podcast
Dr Paul Hume chats about how spider silk might have Spiderman-like capabilities in real life.
June 17, 2024
Podcast
Professor Duncan McGillivray discusses reconfigurable materials, like Terminator's liquid metal endoskeleton.
June 14, 2024
Podcast
Professor Nicola Gaston talks about Wonder Woman's feminum gauntlets that can deflect bullets.
June 12, 2024
Podcast
Professor Duncan McGillivray talks about a simple blood test that could tell us all manner of detail about our health.
June 10, 2024
Podcast
Dr Colm Healy looks at whether current science could make a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak.
June 7, 2024
Podcast
Professor Richard Easther talks about black holes, and the possibility of being able to communicate through time and space.
June 5, 2024
Podcast
Professor Nicola Gaston talks about the mineral Unobtainium in Avatar and the theoretical possibilities of solid hydrogen.
June 3, 2024