The Defence Technology Agency and Industrial Research Limited (IRL) today signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) to work closely on developing new technologies to benefit New Zealand – now and in the future.
New Zealand’s growing Information Communication and Technology (ICT[?]) sector is set to benefit from the involvement of Industrial Research Limited (IRL) in the Mosaic Innovation Network, a nationwide endeavour matching the needs of small business with world-class, cutting-edge research.
Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) is establishing a Joint Graduate School in Innovative Manufacturing and Materials with the University of Auckland, and throwing its weight behind Chiasma, a nationwide organisation that links highly skilled students with high-tech industry, as part of a series of initiatives designed to grow New Zealand’s high value manufacturing sector.
New Zealand’s Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL[?]) is coordinating the insertion of a ‘leap second’ into the atomic time scale at noon July 1, New Zealand Standard Time, to ensure the smooth running of industrial and scientific applications around the country, says MSL Director Dr Tim Armstrong.
Comvita, the New Zealand-based global exporter of natural health and beauty products, and collaborators have identified key compounds in honey that stimulate the immune system, paving the way for a range of new wound-healing products.
“New Zealand is has lost one of its great scientists, thinkers and leaders” IRL Chief Executive Shaun Coffey said today, after the passing of Professor Sir Paul Callaghan on Saturday.
IRL has appointed Professor Juliet Gerrard, a biochemist and leader in the industrial application of biochemistry in New Zealand as its second Industry and Outreach Fellow.
Carbohydrate chemists from crown research institute IRL have uncovered the secrets behind the cell wall of Zespri’s patented variety of gold kiwifruit, opening the door to new understandings about the fruit’s digestive benefits.
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