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MacDiarmid Institute researchers successful in latest MBIE round

The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from its researchers in this year’s MBIE Endeavour Fund round.

Modified: 23 Sept 2024, 9:30 am

Created: 20 Sept 2024, 12:58 pm
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Recreating Ringworld

Professor Chris Bumby chats about the chances of us developing our own Ringworld, first created by author Larry Niven.

Modified: 20 Jun 2024, 6:20 pm

Created: 27 May 2024, 5:59 pm
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2023 Regional Lecture Series - Annual Report 2023

Sustainability has been a theme throughout our Regional Lectures Series, and this year we focused on tangible sustainability tech.

Modified: 5 Jun 2024, 6:59 am

Created: 14 Apr 2024, 11:11 pm
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Patenting - Annual Report 2023

Patent activity undertaken by our researchers in partnership with their respective Technology Transfer Offices.

Modified: 5 Jun 2024, 6:52 am

Created: 14 Apr 2024, 6:54 pm
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Patent applications - Annual Report 2022

One of the early considerations on the path to market for materials science is what should be patented and why.

Modified: 21 Apr 2023, 1:40 pm

Created: 20 Apr 2023, 8:06 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2022

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2022. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 15 Aug 2023, 12:56 pm

Created: 19 Apr 2023, 6:34 pm
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact - Lord of The Rings: Mithril

Dr Chris Bumby regales Bryan with scientific tales of Mithril from Lord of the Rings.

Modified: 4 Apr 2022, 2:43 pm

Created: 1 Apr 2022, 9:47 am
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact - Xmen: Wolverine's Adamantium Claws

Principal Investigator Dr Chris Bumby, is a Principal Scientist at the Robinson Institute, he gives us his scientific take on Adamantium.

Modified: 7 Jan 2022, 4:42 pm

Created: 10 Dec 2021, 11:27 am
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How to eliminate C02 emissions from industrial materials

Dr Chris Bumby is part of a team working on how to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial materials including steel.

Modified: 12 May 2021, 12:25 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2021, 11:28 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Shipstone (Part 2)

In Part 2, Bryan asks Chris, how much power might we be able to store in a battery?

Modified: 20 Apr 2021, 5:20 pm

Created: 9 Apr 2021, 11:24 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Shipstone (Part 1)

Dr Chris Bumby, gives us his scientific take on Shipstone from the novel 'Friday' by Robert Heinlein.

Modified: 12 Apr 2021, 1:33 pm

Created: 7 Apr 2021, 2:39 pm
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Adapting to the online environment

As classes and meetings moved online in March as Aotearoa New Zealand entered Level 4 lockdown, we adapted our community outreach activities to the virtual environment.

Modified: 24 Jan 2022, 11:33 am

Created: 31 Mar 2021, 6:13 pm
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