Entrepreneurship
Tifany Oulavallickal
Originally from India, Dr Tifany Oulavallickal moved to New Zealand 12 years ago to complete her Master’s in Engineering at the University of Waikato.
Joining Associate Professor Wayne Patrick’s lab at the…
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Education
Products & Services
Bullying prevention with KiVa
Bullying is intolerably high in New Zealand schools; the most recent international data ranks New Zealand as second to worst in…
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Instrumentation
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MaramaLabs: Clear potential
Conventional absorption spectroscopy works by shining a spectrum of light through a sample, and then monitoring which colours get transmitted,…
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Space
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Measurement capabilities for HTS wires
Thanks to the advent of a new generation of superconducting materials—i.e. materials that have no resistance to the flow of electricity—scientists…
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Entrepreneurship
Muru Odiathever and Duncan Cameron
Originally from Singapore, Artificial Intelligence researcher Muru Odiathever began his academic life as a mathematician . Choosing to focus on…
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Advanced Materials
Ready for Partnering
Novel electrolyte for more sustainable redox flow batteries
As climate change risks intensify, governments across the world are acknowledging the need to utilise more renewable sources of energy…
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Architecture & Design
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Good Bones joinery system
A Victoria University of Wellington interiors architect has designed an innovative kitchen joinery system using sustainable materials that allow simple…
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Advanced Materials
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Supercapacitors: Energy—super fast
As fossil fuels become increasingly scarce, the need to harvest and store energy from renewable sources has become increasingly urgent.
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Advanced Materials
Spin-outs & Licences
Inhibit Coatings: Antimicrobial coatings for food & beverage safety
Listeria monocytogenes is a common strain of pathogenic bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal food-borne illnesses, meaning that it is…
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Health & Biotech
In development
A more effective malaria vaccine
Malaria kills around half a million people a year, disproportionately affecting children in developing countries. The disease is caused by…
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Health & Biotech
Spin-outs & Licences
New test for Hep B-related liver disease
Left untreated, long-term liver inflammation caused by the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) leads to cirrhosis and cancer. If the inflammation is…
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Advanced Materials
Ready for Partnering
Sustainable ammonia production
Ammonia is one of the single largest chemical industrial processes on earth; globally, ammonia-based fertilisers are responsible for 50 percent…
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