JSPS Invitation Fellowship awarded to RRI researcher
Dr Zhenan Jiang of the Robinson Institute has been awarded a fellowship for research in Japan by the Japan Society for the Promotion of science (JSPS).
News 2015
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Research funding success for Victoria University
Victoria University scientists will be progressing cutting-edge research in high-value areas after winning significant funding in the 2015 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment funding round.
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STI’s Conductus® wire qualified for use in Roebel Cable
Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) in conjunction with the Robinson Research Institute has completed qualification testing of their Conductus® wire.
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Rob Slade featured on Radio NZ 'Our Changing World'
The Robinson Institute's Rob Slade was interviewed by Ruth Beran for Radio NZ's 'Our Changing World' programme airing on Thursday 28 May.
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Transforming power transmission worldwide
An industry collaboration led by Victoria University of Wellington scientists has demonstrated for the first time that high temperature superconducting (HTS) power transformers can drastically reduce energy loss compared to conventional transformers.
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Superconducting train beats world speed record
Japan’s Central Japan Railway Company this week reported breaking the world speed record for a maglev train by reaching a speed of 603 km/h while maintaining a speed above 600 km/h for over 10 seconds in a test run carrying 49 company employees.
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Victoria designs transportable MRI machine
Victoria University of Wellington has designed a transportable MRI machine to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients.
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HTS–MRI workshop held
Robinson Research Institute (RRI) recently hosted a group of Japanese researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Kyushu University and Kyoto University attending a joint workshop on HTS magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Ruth Knibbe featured on Radio NZ ‘Our Changing World’
The Robinson Institute's electron microscopy specialist Dr Ruth Knibbe was interviewed by Ruth Beran for Radio NZ's 'Our Changing World' programme airing on Thursday 26 February.