Manufacturing
New Thinking
Leading fashion designers want commercial production of AgResearch fabrics
Ten of New Zealand’s leading fashion designers have tried using four unique fabrics produced by AgResearch and many now want the merino fabrics commercially produced to use in their collections.
Current thinking at IRL
A group of IRL physicists is at the cutting edge of research into high-temperature superconductors.
New Acting General Manager for AgResearch Food and Textiles Group
Providing leadership for AgResearch’s substantial capability and capacity in food and textiles research and development will be the focus for the new Acting General Manager Professor Warren McNabb.
Super New Zealand science on display
Holidaymakers passing through Wellington International Airport have a chance to view some super science and technologies developed in New Zealand and now being commercialised here.
Model set on fire, stabbing at fashion week
A model was set on fire and a mannequin was viciously stabbed - all in the name of a fashion-world first.
New Science
Some like it hot
The exacting work of an IRL scientist is allowing huge petrochemical furnaces to run at temperatures that optimise life and yield the best return for the energy expended.
Chemistry award for supercritical extraction
IRL Group Manager, Integrated Bioactive Technologies, Dr Owen Catchpole has won the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Fonterra Prize for Industrial and Applied Chemistry.
Hot fashion in bed
Want to wear something that’ll make going to bed more enjoyable? AgResearch scientists have come up with something that will help.
Scientists on trail of squeaky hip mystery
When an undercover police officer realised his squeaking hip implant was jeopardising covert surveillance work, his surgeon turned to IRL to help solve the problem.
Kiwi connection to green racing car
Scientists at Plant & Food Research had a part in developing the world’s first racing car from sustainable and renewable resources.
Major advances imminent for portable x-ray imaging equipment
Industrial Research Limited (IRL), Victoria University and GNS Science are jointly researching new technologies that will offer superior performance to existing x-ray systems, opening up new commercial uses across a range of industries.
New understanding of 'holy grail' nanowire technology
After years of exhaustive research, computer simulations developed by Industrial Research can now replicate the way molecules behave at the nanoscale...
Smart singlets could save lives
AgResearch has developed a singlet which will automatically alert headquarters if the wearer has been injured.
New self-locking putter hits the sweet spot
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New power source right under our feet?
A city the size of Christchurch could be powered by generating geothermal electricity from the heat in our disused oil and gas wells, reckons GNS Science. There are over 300 old wells with the heat to become significant generators. What’s more, many more old wells could be directly tapped for their geothermal riches.
New Value
Eye on the heavens
IRL business unit KiwiStar Optics is helping to unravel the 12-billion-year history of our galaxy with a new multi-million dollar contract to produce optical cameras for the Australian Hermes project.
Unique fabrics easy on the eye – and the nose
AgResearch textile scientists have developed “wool world-first" fabrics for New Zealand’s Fashion Week.
Setting the scene for a 3D revolution
IRL and Epichem Pty Ltd combine strengths in Australasian alliance
CRI IRL and Epichem Pty Ltd have announced a strategic alliance designed to provide clients with continuous and seamless services from drug discovery to cGMP production.
CRI scientists get top prize from PM
Drs Jeff Tallon and Bob Buckley of IRL have put New Zealand at the forefront of a new power technology, with global opportunity. Their research has established world-leading export businesses in high-temperature superconductor products.
Revolutionising electricity transmission
IRL scientists have created “superconductor” wires that carry up to 10 times the current of copper wires of the same size, without losing energy.
IRL’s Tallon and Buckley get PM’s plaudits
And the Prime Minister’s Science Prize goes to....
Prime Minister’s Science Prize winners announced
Two CRI scientists head first ever PM’s Science Prize list, for work of outstanding discovery delivering significant economic impact for New Zealand.
Stab-resistant wool attracts attention
AgResearch says it has several international companies interested in commercially producing its stab and flame-resistant wool fabric.
Royal recognition for IRL engineer
IRL Research Engineer Paul Harris
