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Big waves bring kiwi home
Nanocamp alumni Dr Leighton Watson returns to Aotearoa as a recipient of a Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.
December 16, 2020
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Industrial toxin recycling startup attracts international investors
Zincovery has raised over $1 million to help commercialise a product that will reduce environmental toxins created by the galvanising…
December 10, 2020
In The Media
How a breakthrough material could supercharge our homes and cars
Martin Allen is replacing the silicon we use in electronic devices to make them faster, smaller and more efficient.
November 24, 2020
In The Media
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
In The Media
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
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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
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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
In The Media
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
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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
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MacDiarmid Institute finalists for the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards
Three MacDiarmid Institute researchers are among 12 finalists selected for the annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.
September 23, 2020
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MacDiarmid Institute researchers win NZ Institute Chemistry awards
There were outstanding results announced for the Institute’s researchers in the 2020 New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) awards.
September 15, 2020
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From secondary school to startup CEO in ten years
Dr Eldon Tate reflects on his path from studying science in high school to founding the startup company Inhibit Coatings.
September 15, 2020
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