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How high-tech recycling could stop waste batteries becoming the next plastic crisis

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How high-tech recycling could stop waste batteries becoming the next plastic crisis

Nano-recycling in making the most of the tiny-scale but potentially harmful waste from batteries, circuit boards and more.

November 10, 2020

Green energy: You've got cheap data, is cheap power next?

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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?

November 4, 2020

Materials Fact or Fiction - The Black Hole in Interstellar

Podcast

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.

October 30, 2020

MacDiarmid Institute Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme 2021

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MacDiarmid Institute Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme 2021

The MacDiarmid Institute are hosting the Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme in Rotorua, February 2021.

October 23, 2020

Unexpected directions make new maps

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Unexpected directions make new maps

Becoming CEO of a startup is never straightforward, but Dr Kyle Webster has taken the ‘long road’ to an extreme

October 22, 2020

MacDiarmid Institute winners at the 2020 Kiwinet Awards

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MacDiarmid Institute winners at the 2020 Kiwinet Awards

Congratulations to Eldon Tate and Jim Johnston for their big wins at the Kiwinet Research Commercialisation Awards.

October 20, 2020

Materials Fact or Fiction - Octiron

Podcast

Materials Fact or Fiction - Octiron

MacDiarmid Institute PhD Student Kate Andrew gives their scientific take on Octiron from The Discworld Series.

October 16, 2020

Postdocs: the key to NZ's post-Covid recovery

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Postdocs: the key to NZ's post-Covid recovery

Co-Directors Nicola Gaston and Justin Hodgkiss write about funding postdocs to keep talent in New Zealand and elevate the economy.

October 14, 2020

$48 million for MacDiarmid Institute as government recognises its research excellence for fourth time

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$48 million for MacDiarmid Institute as government recognises its research excellence for fourth time

The MacDiarmid Institute’s selection by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in the 2019/20 CoRE round means it will receive $48…

October 9, 2020

Materials: Fact or Fiction - Baakonite

Podcast

Materials: Fact or Fiction - Baakonite

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

October 2, 2020

Dr Eldon Tate's silver bullet against bacteria

Podcast

Dr Eldon Tate's silver bullet against bacteria

Dr Eldon Tate went on RNZ's Saturday Morning to talk about how Inhibit Coatings is developing anti-microbial coatings for surfaces.

September 29, 2020

Materials: Fact or Fiction - Nelson (10 November)

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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Nelson (10 November)

Professor Bill Williams and Dr Erin Leitao give their scientific take on whether fictional materials could be reality in a…

September 24, 2020

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