For organisations running educational outreach and engagement programmes, Covid-19 provided enormous challenges but also the proverbial opportunities.
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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.
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Professor of Chemistry at the University of Auckland, Duncan McGillivray tries to work out how Rumpelstiltskin made straw into gold.
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MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, gives us his scientific take on the stillsuit from Dune.
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Professor Bill Williams explains the science behind time travel and entropy in Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
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Dr Shalini Duvya went on RNZ to talk about how she is starting a company to create the next sustainable and long lasting battery.
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Professor Bill Williams, Principal Investigator gives us his scientific take on Kryptonite from DC Comics' Superman.
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Dr Catherine Whitby, Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on Mandalorian Iron from Star Wars.
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Dr Erin Leitao, Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on The Philosopher's Stone from Harry Potter.
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The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years; could green energy create a similar revolution?
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Professor Richard Easther gives us his scientific take on the Black Hole from the movie Interstellar.
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MacDiarmid Institute PhD Student Kate Andrew gives their scientific take on Octiron from The Discworld Series.
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