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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Beanstalk

Dr Nate Davis on the science behind Jack and the Beanstalk - could we use plants to reach the stars?

Modified: 28 May 2024, 10:59 pm

Created: 8 May 2024, 8:24 pm
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Taking nano and quantum science education into Rotorua schools

FLEET and MacDiarmid Institute teamed up for AMN10 in Rotorua to conduct science outreach workshops for 320 school students.

Modified: 23 Nov 2023, 3:39 pm

Created: 24 Feb 2023, 2:07 pm
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact - Futurama: Jumbonium

Dr Nate Davis, explains Jumbonium as: a tennis-ball-sized atom with the electrons orbiting.

Modified: 4 Apr 2022, 2:42 pm

Created: 9 Mar 2022, 10:39 am
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact - Flubber: Fun or Frightening?

Dr. Nathaniel Davis, Associate Investigator and Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington looks at the scientific potential of Flubber.

Modified: 7 Jan 2022, 4:43 pm

Created: 10 Dec 2021, 10:27 am
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New Kyoto University on-site lab opens at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) today opened an on-site lab in Wellington, operated jointly with the MacDiarmid Institute.

Modified: 29 Nov 2021, 10:22 am

Created: 26 Nov 2021, 2:20 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Jumbonium

Dr Nate Davis, Victoria University of Wellington Senior Lecturer gives his scientific take on Jumbonium from Futurama.

Modified: 23 Jul 2021, 10:38 am

Created: 6 Jul 2021, 12:48 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Flubber

Dr Nate Davis discusses the science behind Flubber on RNZ Nights with Bryan Crump.

Modified: 10 Jul 2020, 12:51 pm

Created: 26 Jun 2020, 11:01 am
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Patents and Spinouts 2019 - Annual Report 2019

This article from our 2019 Annual Report provides information about the MacDiarmid Institute's latest inventions, patents and spinouts.

Modified: 27 May 2020, 10:57 pm

Created: 27 May 2020, 10:25 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2019

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2019. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 27 May 2020, 10:21 pm

Created: 26 May 2020, 6:06 pm
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MacDiarmid researchers successful in 2019 MBIE round

Seven MacDiarmid Institute Investigators have been awarded $20.29 million funding for their research through MBIE Endeavour fund.

Modified: 25 Oct 2019, 12:31 pm

Created: 25 Oct 2019, 12:00 pm
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Dr Nathaniel Davis

Nathaniel Davis completed his PhD in Physics in the Optoelectronics group at the Cavendish laboratory within the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He completed his thesis  'Application of Spectral Management in Optoelectronic Devices' in 2016 and was then awarded the Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship in 2017.

Modified: 20 Jan 2021, 3:20 pm

Created: 9 Mar 2019, 5:36 pm
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