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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: Jan 24, 2022, 11:11 AM

Created: Mar 31, 2021, 6:04 PM
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MacDiarmid Institute - Annual Report 2020

We are a network of leading researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world.

Modified: Jan 24, 2022, 11:32 AM

Created: Mar 30, 2021, 4:56 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: Apr 7, 2021, 2:50 PM

Created: Mar 19, 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: Mar 19, 2021, 12:11 PM

Created: Feb 25, 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: Mar 5, 2021, 11:02 AM

Created: Feb 11, 2021, 1:28 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: Jan 24, 2022, 11:31 AM

Created: Jan 18, 2021, 2:37 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: Feb 11, 2021, 1:34 PM

Created: Dec 8, 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: Dec 15, 2020, 4:30 PM

Created: Nov 27, 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: Dec 4, 2020, 10:02 AM

Created: Nov 13, 2020, 10:31 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: Jan 24, 2022, 11:29 AM

Created: Nov 4, 2020, 12:46 PM
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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: Nov 18, 2020, 4:32 PM

Created: Oct 30, 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: Oct 16, 2020, 12:40 PM

Created: Oct 16, 2020, 1:00 PM
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