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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Ironman’s Suit

Associate Professor Catherine Whitby, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on Ironman's Suit

Modified: 25 Jun 2021, 10:40 am

Created: 9 Jun 2021, 5:17 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Philote

Dr Krista Steenbergen from Victoria University of Wellington gives us her scientific take on Philote from Enders Game.

Modified: 11 Jun 2021, 10:26 am

Created: 28 May 2021, 11:04 am
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Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Force

Geoffrey Weal, PhD student at the University of Otago gives us his scientific take on The Force From Star Wars.

Modified: 28 May 2021, 11:15 am

Created: 14 May 2021, 10:35 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Mithril

Mithril from The Lord of the Rings is harder than steel yet lighter. Could Mithril actually exist in reality?

Modified: 6 May 2021, 12:00 pm

Created: 6 May 2021, 11:45 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Lightsabers

Lightsabers from Star Wars are the signature weapons for the Jedi Knights. But could these actually exist in reality?

Modified: 5 May 2021, 3:39 pm

Created: 3 May 2021, 2:31 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Turbinium

Samuel Martín Treceño, Ph.D. Candidate gives us his scientific take on Total Recall's Turbinium.

Modified: 28 May 2021, 11:14 am

Created: 30 Apr 2021, 9:36 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Back to the Future

Rodrigo Martinez Gazoni, Rutherford Postdoctoral fellow, gives us his scientific take on the Back to The Future movie franchise.

Modified: 30 Apr 2021, 9:44 am

Created: 20 Apr 2021, 2:00 pm
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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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Responding to the challenge of Covid-19

2020 was an extraordinary year. Along with the rest of the world, we pivoted to find ways to best support our people through these times.

Modified: 24 Jan 2022, 11:23 am

Created: 1 Apr 2021, 12:27 pm
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RNZ Nights’ Materials: Fact or Fiction

We continued our collaboration with RNZ, with a new series ‘Materials: Fact or Fiction’.

Modified: 24 Jan 2022, 11:16 am

Created: 1 Apr 2021, 1:35 am
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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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