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Supporting science communication at The Spinoff

We continued our 3-year partnership with award-winning The Spinoff website to get research stories to a non-traditional science audience.

Modified: 16/07/2020, 9:23 pm

Created: 10/07/2020, 2:01 pm
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Co-Director Justin Hodgkiss wins MWC prize for Chemical Science

Co-Director Professor Justin Hodgkiss has been awarded the premier prize of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.

Modified: 25/10/2019, 3:36 pm

Created: 25/10/2019, 2:27 pm
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1.3 Painting semiconductors - Annual Report 2017

Imagine a point-of-care electronic blood test that can provide an immediate result in a doctor’s surgery, instead of the current tests that have to be sent away to a lab. The blood test device would plug into a mobile phone to provide a reading, and would be cheap and biofriendly.

Modified: 15/04/2021, 5:21 pm

Created: 18/05/2018, 12:00 am
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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?

Modified: 24/01/2022, 11:29 am

Created: 4/11/2020, 12:46 pm
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Nanotech at the heart of medicine - Annual Report 2016

The pace of change in modern medicine has been staggering, as diseases that once killed millions have now been eradicated, and treatments for diseases have never been more effective.

Modified: 25/04/2019, 2:31 am

Created: 11/08/2017, 12:00 am
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Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago chemistry outreach trips to Te Hiku - Annual Report 2024

Building on the relationship with Ngāti Kahu in Te Hiku with visits by Institute Affiliate Dave Warren's chemistry outreach team.

Modified: 18/07/2025, 2:34 am

Created: 1/07/2025, 5:51 pm
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The quest to unlock the green hydrogen revolution

Virtually emissions-free energy - using electrolysers to split water (H₂O) and using the resulting H₂ to power fuel cells.

Modified: 21/04/2021, 3:21 pm

Created: 30/03/2021, 11:04 pm
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Batteries are toxic, so I’m building my own rechargeable non-toxic batteries

PhD student Shalini Divya is on a mission to find new materials to make rechargeable batteries more sustainable.

Modified: 26/04/2022, 1:03 pm

Created: 11/11/2019, 1:34 pm
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Public engagement events - Annual Report 2018

This graphic from our Annual Report shows the number of public engagement events the MacDiarmid Institute was involved in this year.

Modified: 27/05/2019, 1:58 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:27 am
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Connecting with researchers at UCLA - Annual Report 2018

The discovery of conducting polymers – plastics that conduct electricity – won New Zealander Alan MacDiarmid the Nobel Prize in 2000.

Modified: 30/05/2019, 7:41 am

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:44 am
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