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Could New Zealand’s next big gas reserve be found in the national dairy herd?

Farmers Weekly NZ chatted to Principal Investigator Dr Luke Liu about whether methane emitted by dairy cows could be captured and put to use

Modified: 28/10/2026, 7:11 pm

Created: 28/10/2026, 7:00 pm
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Growing and evolving our Investigator community - Annual Report 2025

We welcomed 13 new Investigators this year - 12 Associate Investigators and one Principal Investigator.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:09 pm

Created: 31/05/2026, 9:43 pm
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MOFs - true platform technology - Annual Report 2025

It’s not every year that a Nobel Prize aligns with a research area where New Zealand has real expertise.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:08 pm

Created: 31/05/2026, 7:52 pm
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From farms to fuel: turning cow burps into clean energy - Annual Report 2025

Agriculture faces a climate dilemma as herds of livestock emit methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than CO2.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:08 pm

Created: 31/05/2026, 7:22 pm
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2024 Funding successes - Annual Report 2024

Funding successes for our Investigators and their research programmes during 2024.

Modified: 18/07/2025, 2:29 am

Created: 15/06/2025, 1:47 pm
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2023 Funding successes - Annual Report 2023

Funding successes for our Investigators and their research programmes during 2023.

Modified: 5/06/2024, 6:39 am

Created: 13/04/2024, 7:58 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2022

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2022. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 15/08/2023, 12:56 pm

Created: 19/04/2023, 6:34 pm
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Taking nano and quantum science education into Rotorua schools

FLEET and MacDiarmid Institute teamed up for AMN10 in Rotorua to conduct science outreach workshops for 320 school students.

Modified: 23/11/2023, 3:39 pm

Created: 24/02/2023, 2:07 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2021

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2021. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 3/06/2022, 1:19 pm

Created: 9/05/2022, 8:59 pm
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New Associate Investigators 2021

Meet our new Associate Investigators that joined the MacDiarmid Institute whānau in 2021.

Modified: 3/06/2022, 10:50 am

Created: 5/05/2022, 7:15 pm
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2015 Lecture Series: The Energy Revolution

The age of fossil fuels is coming to an end and global warming from their burning is undeniable, but when will tomorrow begin?

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:50 am

Created: 30/07/2015, 12:00 am
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Luke Liu: Metal-Organic Frameworks

Luke Liu builds molecular sponges—known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, these molecular sponges have the potential to store and separate industrial compounds such as hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide with high efficiency. The energy required to separate these compounds using current methods is high—for example, about a third of the power generated from coal burning is used to capture the carbon dioxide from the post-combustion gas mixtures produced during the coal burning process.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:07 pm

Created: 10/07/2015, 12:00 am
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