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Into the community - Annual Report 2020

For organisations running educational outreach and engagement programmes, Covid-19 provided enormous challenges but also the proverbial opportunities.

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

Created: 31/03/2021, 6:04 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Rumplestiltskin

Professor of Chemistry at the University of Auckland, Duncan McGillivray tries to work out how Rumpelstiltskin made straw into gold.

Modified: 7/04/2021, 2:50 pm

Created: 19/03/2021, 2:12 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Stillsuit

MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, gives us his scientific take on the stillsuit from Dune.

Modified: 19/03/2021, 12:11 pm

Created: 25/02/2021, 4:07 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Tenet

Professor Bill Williams explains the science behind time travel and entropy in Christopher Nolan's Tenet.

Modified: 5/03/2021, 11:02 am

Created: 11/02/2021, 1:28 pm
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Materials Fact or Fiction - Kryptonite

Professor Bill Williams, Principal Investigator gives us his scientific take on Kryptonite from DC Comics' Superman.

Modified: 11/02/2021, 1:34 pm

Created: 8/12/2020, 10:36 am
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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.

Modified: 15/12/2020, 4:30 pm

Created: 27/11/2020, 9:45 am
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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.

Modified: 4/12/2020, 10:02 am

Created: 13/11/2020, 10:31 am
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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.

Modified: 18/11/2020, 4:32 pm

Created: 30/10/2020, 10:45 am
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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.

Modified: 16/10/2020, 12:40 pm

Created: 16/10/2020, 1:00 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Baakonite

Duncan McGillivray, Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute gives us his scientific take on Baakonite from Star Trek.

Modified: 5/10/2020, 4:29 pm

Created: 2/10/2020, 9:36 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Invisibility Cloak

MacDiarmid Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Colm Healy gives his scientific take on the Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter.

Modified: 14/10/2020, 11:03 am

Created: 18/09/2020, 1:30 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Vibranium

Dr Krista Steenbergen discusses the science behind Vibranium from the Marvel Comics on RNZ Nights with Bryan Crump.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 4:59 pm

Created: 8/09/2020, 2:56 pm
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