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next week the IYQ global event "Quantum Crossroads - at the intersection of arts, culture and quantum science and technology" is taking place in Dunedin NZ with some hybrid sessions. Make sure to register to be involved in the coming discussion/reflections
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Thank you @DoddWalls for accepting me as an Affiliate Investigator! Lots of great physicists I will get more chances to interact with now. I'm of course still a Principal Investigator of @macdiarmidinsti, so this on my way out of the building felt like it was just for me.
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🚀 NZ is investing $71M into advanced tech research over 7 years!
Hosted by @VicUniWgtn’s Robinson Research Institute, this platform will drive innovation in superconductors, cryogenics & space tech 🧲🔬
Creating high-value jobs & growing our hi-tech exports.
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Proud to be part of @PaihauRobinson as we secure $71M funding to launch a platform in Future Magnetic & Materials Tech! Advancing HTS research from space propulsion to accessible MRI. #InnovationNZ #HTS #FutureTech #MaterialsScience
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Hugely excited to be here for @DrShaneRetiMP to announce strategic research funding for @PaihauRobinson to push on with our world-leading #superconductivity and #magnetics R&D stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36067670… #nzscience
I was hoping there would be more #ICONN conferences! Great news and a good one to attend in Feb that doesn't clash with the #AMN conferences. @AMN11_NZ
Introducing symposia and their co-chairs for iconnference.com/.
Nanocrystals and Nanoplasmonics - Yuling Wang and Qianqian Shi
Nanoenergy - Lianzhou Wang and @HongxiaWang8
Nanomembrane and Environment - @huantingwang and Xiwang Zhang
Massive congrats to the new @royalsocietynz Fellows, especially Prof Rod Badcock and my @macdiarminsti colleagues Dr John Kennedy @gnsscience and Prof. Geoff Waterhouse @AucklandUni ! royalsociety.org.nz/news/lat…
Hey #nzscience - Phase 2 Submissions on the Science System Advisory Group report on how to fix the NZ science system are now open! Until April 4 (that's 3 weeks) they want to hear from us about issues of workforce, infrastructure and (oh boy) funding. ssag.org.nz/submit/
.@actsukrit is exactly what #Civ7 needs! I depended SO heavily on Sukitract mods in my last 4+ years of #Civ6 gameplay. @CivGame
Great article on the #Space R&D programme @PaihauRobinson , written by @lauriewinkless ! That's my institute, developing #superconducting ion thrusters to propel satellites, all done just outside Wellington. #nzscience #physics spectrum.ieee.org/electric-p…
Day 4 at @AMN11_NZ - This is a highly useful summary of all the physical properties that affect the physics and efficiency of #thermoelectric materials, given in the intro of the talk of Dr Peter Murmu #amn11
Will Holmes-Hewett of @PaihauRobinson presenting on the rare earth nitrides. His favorite energy scale is the milliRydberg (?) #amn11 @AMN11_NZ
Elena Pitt (sp?) of Openstar, NZ's very own #fusion company (yes, we do fusion here). They're using a Levitated Dipole Magnet device to get to energy-generating fusion using high temp. #superconducting magnets - with the help of @PaihauRobinson, I might add. #amn11 @AMN11_NZ
Megan Danzig of Aspiring Materials aspiringmaterials.com/ - they make materials that act as scrubbers, removing carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted in a bunch of different industrial processes. @AMN11_NZ #amn11
Time for the Tech Tasters event at @AMN11_NZ, where some advanced tech NZ companies talk about their missions and stories. The room is packed. First l is Dr Barry Prince of #cryogenics instrumentation company Fabrum, talking about hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel. #amn11
With near-excellent timing, out paper on large anomalous Hall in amorphous Co2MnGa thin films, mentioned in Julie Karel's talk @AMN11_NZ yesterday, is now online. @Nikhil_Medhekar @rdortk doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.… #amn11
Marco Vas of Auckland Uni has some interesting NZ-relevant perspectives on the energy cost of watching an hour of streaming video. 5-10 hours of a fridge running..! Useful motivation for improving data storage energy efficiency with #skyrmions. #amn11 @AMN11_NZ
