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Electro- and nanocatalysis each present distinct computational challenges that extend beyond those encountered in conventional heterogeneous catalysis. Find out how Anna Garden and her group are addressing these challenges in Chemistry in New Zealand (Online). www.cinz.nz/posts/comput...
Computational modelling of heterogeneous catalysis: the challenges of electro- and nanocatalysis
Anna Garden gives an overview of her team's research, shared during her 2024 UK lecture tour with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Electro- and nanocatalysis each present distinct computational challenges that extend beyond those encountered in conventional heterogeneous catalysis. Find out how Anna Garden and her group are addressing these challenges in Chemistry in New Zealand (Online). www.cinz.nz/posts/comput...
In CiNZ (Online) Amara Rassooluni takes us through the use of carbon dating and its significance in unveiling history. "We all lead highly unique, extraordinary lives. One might ponder though - upon leaving this earth, what is the legacy we leave behind?" www.cinz.nz/posts/from-c...
From carbon to civilisation: the role of radiocarbon dating in archaeology
Unravelling the history and use of carbon dating
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February 17, 2026 at 7:35 AM
In CiNZ (Online) Amara Rassooluni takes us through the use of carbon dating and its significance in unveiling history. "We all lead highly unique, extraordinary lives. One might ponder though - upon leaving this earth, what is the legacy we leave behind?" www.cinz.nz/posts/from-c...
Many Congratulations to Professor Dame Margaret Brimble who has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Society of Chemistry!
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Seven world-class scientists awarded Honorary Fellowships
The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to announce that seven of the world's most influential scientists have been awarded Honorary Fellowships.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Many Congratulations to Professor Dame Margaret Brimble who has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Society of Chemistry!
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Farewell #Pacifichem2025. It has been a great week. We hope everyone has a safe journey home and we look forward to meeting again in 2030!
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Farewell #Pacifichem2025. It has been a great week. We hope everyone has a safe journey home and we look forward to meeting again in 2030!
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Ideas on how to improve Pacifichem? We want to hear from you!
Attendees of #Pacifichem2025 have received an email to complete a survey - tell us what you liked about the congress, and what can be improved for 2030!
Thank you for your participation 🌺🌺🌺
Attendees of #Pacifichem2025 have received an email to complete a survey - tell us what you liked about the congress, and what can be improved for 2030!
Thank you for your participation 🌺🌺🌺
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Ideas on how to improve Pacifichem? We want to hear from you!
Attendees of #Pacifichem2025 have received an email to complete a survey - tell us what you liked about the congress, and what can be improved for 2030!
Thank you for your participation 🌺🌺🌺
Attendees of #Pacifichem2025 have received an email to complete a survey - tell us what you liked about the congress, and what can be improved for 2030!
Thank you for your participation 🌺🌺🌺
Lovely informal catch-up with some of the New Zealand Chemists at #pacifichem2025 this evening
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Lovely informal catch-up with some of the New Zealand Chemists at #pacifichem2025 this evening
The NZIC is delighted to have formalised an MoU with the Chemical Research Society of India with the exchange taking place today at #pacifichem2025
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The NZIC is delighted to have formalised an MoU with the Chemical Research Society of India with the exchange taking place today at #pacifichem2025
Joanne Harvey just gave a great Welcome Address on behalf of the NZIC at #Pacifichem2025
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Joanne Harvey just gave a great Welcome Address on behalf of the NZIC at #Pacifichem2025
If you’re at #Pacifichem2025 visit the NZIC booth during the Village open hours (at the Hawai’i Convention Centre) and try a Pascall Milkshake - a classic NZ sweet.
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you’re at #Pacifichem2025 visit the NZIC booth during the Village open hours (at the Hawai’i Convention Centre) and try a Pascall Milkshake - a classic NZ sweet.
It's fantastic to see Early Career Researchers based in NZ have taken out 3 of the 25 prizes in the 6th Annual Commonwealth Chemistry Posters Event. Many congratulations to everyone who took part! You can see the full list of winners and their posters here: commonwealthchemistry.org/commonwealth...
Commonwealth Chemistry Poster Prize Winners 2025
Announcing the 25 prize winners from our 6th annual online poster event.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It's fantastic to see Early Career Researchers based in NZ have taken out 3 of the 25 prizes in the 6th Annual Commonwealth Chemistry Posters Event. Many congratulations to everyone who took part! You can see the full list of winners and their posters here: commonwealthchemistry.org/commonwealth...
"Determination and pivoting to new approaches have allowed Dr Nathaniel Davis' fundamental research on solar energy, supported by a Marsden Fund grant and a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, to now be close to commercialisation."
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Breaking the limit: How Dr Nate Davis is changing the solar game
Determination and pivoting to new approaches have allowed Dr Nathaniel Davis' fundamental research on solar energy, supported by a Marsden Fund grant and a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, to now be c...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Determination and pivoting to new approaches have allowed Dr Nathaniel Davis' fundamental research on solar energy, supported by a Marsden Fund grant and a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, to now be close to commercialisation."
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/how-dr-...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/how-dr-...
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Picture of the organizing committee - these are the fine folks who allow #Pacifichem2025 to happen.
Thanks for all your hard work - looking forward to an incredible week! 🧪🏖️
Thanks for all your hard work - looking forward to an incredible week! 🧪🏖️
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Picture of the organizing committee - these are the fine folks who allow #Pacifichem2025 to happen.
Thanks for all your hard work - looking forward to an incredible week! 🧪🏖️
Thanks for all your hard work - looking forward to an incredible week! 🧪🏖️
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Planning your schedule for #Pacifichem2025? The Pacifichem app is here to help! 🌺
Select the day and then find an event to add to your schedule. You can access your selections using "My Schedule".
Don't have the app? There's still time: pacifichem.site.zuddl.com
Select the day and then find an event to add to your schedule. You can access your selections using "My Schedule".
Don't have the app? There's still time: pacifichem.site.zuddl.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Planning your schedule for #Pacifichem2025? The Pacifichem app is here to help! 🌺
Select the day and then find an event to add to your schedule. You can access your selections using "My Schedule".
Don't have the app? There's still time: pacifichem.site.zuddl.com
Select the day and then find an event to add to your schedule. You can access your selections using "My Schedule".
Don't have the app? There's still time: pacifichem.site.zuddl.com
Many congratulations to Liam Hunt, the 2025 recipient of the JEOL Brian Halton Award for an outstanding paper in the field of chemistry published by a New Zealand University student.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Many congratulations to Liam Hunt, the 2025 recipient of the JEOL Brian Halton Award for an outstanding paper in the field of chemistry published by a New Zealand University student.
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nzic.org.nz/awards-winne...
Please join us in congratulating the 2025 recipient of the ACES-NZIC Early Career Award, Dr Megan Grainger!
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Please join us in congratulating the 2025 recipient of the ACES-NZIC Early Career Award, Dr Megan Grainger!
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Many congratulations to Suzanne Scourfield, the 2025 recipient of the sciPAD Denis Hogan Chemical Education Award!
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November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Many congratulations to Suzanne Scourfield, the 2025 recipient of the sciPAD Denis Hogan Chemical Education Award!
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Please join us in congratulating the 2025 recipient of the Easterfield Medal, Dr Nathaniel Davis!
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Please join us in congratulating the 2025 recipient of the Easterfield Medal, Dr Nathaniel Davis!
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The NZIC is delighted to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize for Chemical Science is Dr Brendon Gill.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The NZIC is delighted to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize for Chemical Science is Dr Brendon Gill.
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In 12 months, the NZIC conference will be kicking-off in the beautiful Waikato! Plans are underway to bring you a diverse & inspiring programme. But, just in case you need convincing, here are some highlights from students who attended the 2024 conference.
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Canterbury Branch student perspectives from the NZIC Conference in Dunedin, Nov 2024
Canterbury Branch student travel grant reports from the NZIC Conference, Dunedin, 24-28 November 2024
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In 12 months, the NZIC conference will be kicking-off in the beautiful Waikato! Plans are underway to bring you a diverse & inspiring programme. But, just in case you need convincing, here are some highlights from students who attended the 2024 conference.
www.cinz.nz/posts/studen...
www.cinz.nz/posts/studen...
Catalysts increase the rate of chemical reactions without being consumed, making them useful for many things from plastics to medicines. But removing them is complicated.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Catalysts increase the rate of chemical reactions without being consumed, making them useful for many things from plastics to medicines. But removing them is complicated.
2025 marks 100 years since the discovery of rhenium - one of the elements Mendeleev predicted would be discovered but wasn't known in 1869 when he proposed the periodic table. Allan Blackman writes about this fascinating piece of chemistry history in CiNZ (online) www.cinz.nz/posts/happy-...
Happy birthday rhenium!
During International Year of Quantum Science and Technology by UNESCO, we're celebrating 100 years since the release of a scientific discipline that has fundamentally changed physical and chemical sci...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
2025 marks 100 years since the discovery of rhenium - one of the elements Mendeleev predicted would be discovered but wasn't known in 1869 when he proposed the periodic table. Allan Blackman writes about this fascinating piece of chemistry history in CiNZ (online) www.cinz.nz/posts/happy-...
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Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
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What’s your niche? Explore over 300 symposia and find your people in just a few short weeks at #Pacifichem2025! pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What’s your niche? Explore over 300 symposia and find your people in just a few short weeks at #Pacifichem2025! pacifichem.org/scientific-p...
Air pollution is the number one environmental threat to human health. But Aotearoa is not a leader in environmental health protections - it’s not even a follower. In CiNZ (online) Joel Rindelaub explains why innovative research methods are needed to understand air pollution sources in Aotearoa.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Air pollution is the number one environmental threat to human health. But Aotearoa is not a leader in environmental health protections - it’s not even a follower. In CiNZ (online) Joel Rindelaub explains why innovative research methods are needed to understand air pollution sources in Aotearoa.
Free Symposium! The Science Behind the 2025 Nobel Prizes
Join three researchers from Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka at an event to event celebrate (and explain) the science behind this year's Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry,
Join three researchers from Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka at an event to event celebrate (and explain) the science behind this year's Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry,
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Free Symposium! The Science Behind the 2025 Nobel Prizes
Join three researchers from Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka at an event to event celebrate (and explain) the science behind this year's Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry,
Join three researchers from Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka at an event to event celebrate (and explain) the science behind this year's Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry,