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Where great ideas bubble up - Annual Report 2024

The key to breakthroughs that can help to decarbonise the economy is revisiting chemical processes to gain new insights.

Modified: 18/07/2025, 2:26 am

Created: 8/06/2025, 7:30 pm
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Kōrero with scientists 2015

Kōrero with Scientists brings primary and early childhood educators and scientists together in ways that help teachers to understand and deliver the Nature of Science curriculum.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 12:59 pm

Created: 12/03/2015, 12:00 am
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Not-so-modest proposals for Tiwai

An ambitious solution would keep jobs in Southland and deliver on the promise of the Zero Carbon Act.

Modified: 28/01/2020, 12:37 pm

Created: 10/12/2019, 10:02 am
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Discovery Scholarships Programme’s first commercial co-sponsor

We are delighted to announce Spirax Sarco New Zealand as the first commercial co-sponsor for our Discovery Scholarship programme.

Modified: 23/01/2025, 1:07 pm

Created: 15/04/2024, 11:10 am
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3.1 Extending our engagement - Annual Report 2017

By partnering with House of Science, we enabled the Tauranga- based charity to begin their nation-wide roll-out of their science box scheme. House of Science provides science resource kits and professional development to schools and teachers. The new MacDiarmid Nano-Chem boxes are based on our longstanding Kōrero programme (and include experiments with light, acids and bases and magnets), enabling us to extend the reach of Kōrero to many more students and teachers.

Modified: 20/10/2021, 9:33 pm

Created: 18/05/2018, 12:00 am
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AMN10 Plenary speaker Dr. Kristi S. Anseth

Dr. Kristi S. Anseth from the University of Colorado will be a plenary speaker AMN10.

Modified: 26/03/2020, 11:59 am

Created: 13/03/2020, 9:20 am
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AMN8: Silver nano particles in gel solution to fight tooth decay

Dr Carla Meledandri, principal investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute at the University of Otago, has found a way to use charged antibacterial silver nanocomposite structures to sterilise dentine prior to the placement of a dental restorative material.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:19 pm

Created: 22/03/2017, 12:00 am
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A bio-fertiliser with dramatic implications for New Zealand’s environment presented at the AMN9 conference

At the AMN9 conference Dan Nocera presented a solar power produced bio-fertiliser that could radically improve crop yields, help sequester and store carbon in soil, and dramatically reduce the amount of farming run-off ending up in rivers.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:16 pm

Created: 25/02/2019, 12:00 am
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The science camp breaking down the barriers for Māori and Pasifika students

Diversity in academia is essential to expanding our knowledge systems and getting better outcomes for communities. Hands-on science programme DiscoveryCamp is helping expose more young people to the possibilities of science.

Modified: 13/09/2022, 1:09 pm

Created: 13/09/2022, 12:53 pm
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The search for a better battery

Dr Shalini Duvya went on RNZ to talk about how she is starting a company to create the next sustainable and long lasting battery.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 11:31 am

Created: 18/01/2021, 2:37 pm
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