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Element of the Week - Mercury (Hg)

Associate Professor Nicola Gaston introduces the element Mercury on RNZ Nights' Element of the Week.

Modified: Jan 24, 2022, 3:55 PM

Created: Apr 26, 2019, 3:02 PM
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Virtual materials - Annual Report 2018

Our researchers use computers to reproduce conditions unachievable in a lab, such as the magnetic forces inside a white dwarf star.

Modified: May 30, 2019, 7:24 AM

Created: Apr 8, 2019, 12:47 AM
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Element of the Week - Lithium (Li)

Associate Professor Nicola Gaston introduces the element Lithium on RNZ Nights' Element of the Week.

Modified: Jan 24, 2022, 4:00 PM

Created: Feb 15, 2019, 3:22 PM
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Professor Nicola Gaston

Professor Nicola Gaston is Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute and a Professor in the Department of Physics at The University of Auckland. Nicola Gaston was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at VUW.

Modified: Feb 1, 2022, 9:32 AM

Created: Feb 14, 2019, 2:38 PM
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The Spinoff profiles MacDiarmid Principal Investigator Associate Professor Nicola Gaston in her new role as Co-Director

Recently appointed Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute Dr Nicola Gaston’s new role allows her to guide one of New Zealand’s top science institutes to potentially world-leading research.

Modified: Sep 15, 2020, 5:16 PM

Created: Jun 28, 2018, 12:00 AM
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MacDiarmid Researcher and University of Auckland Professor David Williams shortlisted for 2018 KiwiNet Award

This award recognises an entrepreneurial researcher who has made outstanding contributions to business innovation.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:30 PM

Created: May 30, 2018, 12:00 AM
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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: Apr 15, 2021, 5:21 PM

Created: May 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
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Change in leadership sees MacDiarmid Institute head in new direction

Announcing the appointment of Associate Professor Nicola Gaston and Associate Professor Justin Hodgkiss as Co-Directors of the Institute.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:30 PM

Created: May 8, 2018, 12:00 AM
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Extending our engagement - taking Kōrero to the next level - Annual Report 2016

Sometimes an idea comes along that is so successful that you want to take it to the next level, and this is what happened with the MacDiarmid Institute’s Kōrero with Scientists workshops, where teachers and MacDiarmid scientists spend two hours exploring basic physical science concepts like magnets, light, and acids and bases.

Modified: Oct 20, 2021, 9:12 PM

Created: Aug 11, 2017, 12:00 AM
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MacDiarmid Deputy Director Nicola Gaston talks with Kathryn Ryan about the science of stuff used to make things

MacDiarmid Deputy Director Nicola Gaston talks with Kathryn Ryan about the science of stuff used to make things.

Modified: May 9, 2019, 7:23 PM

Created: Aug 11, 2016, 12:00 AM
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