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Dyed in the wool innovation partners up to go global

Posted on April 2, 2013 by sticknz

The time it takes to convert a good idea into something that another person’s willing to buy is almost invariably longer than you think. A couple of years ago, sticK reported on BGI Developments’ winning the right to commercialise AgResearch’s … Continue reading →

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Cool science makes itself fashionable

Posted on April 12, 2011 by sticknz

Up till now dyeing a pattern on wool fabric has been a relative no-goer because bleeding of the dyes into each other ruined whatever picture you were trying to create. So, keep an eye out for some new dyed wool … Continue reading →

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Where’s there’s a wool there’s a way – $17.25m kickstart for renewed research

Posted on January 25, 2011 by sticknz

It could be wool’s last hurrah, it could be the start of a whole new ball game. The government’s recent decision to invest $17.25 million in a wool research consortium will allow the exploration of possible new products and applications … Continue reading →

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CRIs show creativity in annual reports to government

Posted on October 13, 2010 by sticknz

The government may have signaled that the Crown Research Institutes aren’t as obliged as they have been in the past to fire ‘profits’ back to their owner, but that shouldn’t stop New Zealand checking out how well they’ve performed in … Continue reading →

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