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June 2, 2014

Biohacking Citizen Science


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Epidermal electronics and Lego Atomic Force Microscopes by Ian Woolf,
Andreas Siagian talk about his Indonesian Citizen Science Initiative and Hackteria,
Andrew Tuckwell talks about hacking synthetic biology competitions, IGEM and BIOMOD.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

MC10 Stretchable electronics - Biotattoo
Lego2Nano Summer School
UCL students build low-cost, Arduino-powered, Lego atomic force microscope
First visualisation of the DNA double helix in water
Make Block
Toy AFM made from Lego to teach how they work

Dorkbot Sydney
Hackteria
LifePatch
Andraes Siagian's blog

IGEM Synthetic Biology based on standard parts
BIOMOD molecular design competition

June 9, 2014

Space law and Bee decisions


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Stem cell exhaustion by Ian Woolf.
Sara Langston talks about Space law at OrbitOz,
Matthew Baker reverse engineers microbe flagella,
James Mackinson analyses honeybee decision-making.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf.

Dr Sara M. Langston
FameLab NSW
FameLab NSW
Matthew Baker


James Mackinson

OrbitOz meetup
Somatic mutations found in the healthy blood compartment of a 115-yr-old woman demonstrate oligoclonal hematopoiesis
Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life
Blood Of Oldest Woman In The World Reveals Secrets Of Longevity, Suggests We Can Live Longer

June 16, 2014

Re-using carbon and Biohack Syd


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Sydney Mini Maker Faire returns, and NASA's mission to Charon by Ian Woolf,
Mouse vampire retractions by Ian Woolf,
Matt speaks with Ian Woolf about Biohack Syd,
Ken Richards talks about his Consensus Greentech award-winning Leaf Energy agricultural waste into carbon technology
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf.

Ken Richards
2013-11-24 11.26.45

Leaf Energy
Biohack Syd facebook group
Blood protein rejuvenates brain and muscle in old mice
Elixir of youth lurks in blood of conjoined mice
Hope for aging brains, skeletal muscle
Can Compounds in Young Blood Fix Aging?
RESTORING SYSTEMIC GDF11 LEVELS REVERSES AGE-RELATED DYSFUNCTION IN MOUSE SKELETAL MUSCLE
VASCULAR AND NEUROGENIC REJUVENATION OF THE AGING MOUSE BRAIN BY YOUNG SYSTEMIC FACTORS
Growth Differentiation Factor 11 Is a Circulating Factor that Reverses Age-Related Cardiac Hypertrophy
Stem-cell papers under suspicion
Systemic signals regulate ageing and rejuvenation of blood stem cell niches
Series of retractions from Amy Wagers’ stem cell lab
3 Harvard Researchers Retract a Claim on the Aging of Stem Cells
Harvard stem cell researcher retracts two papers
Harvard Stem Cell Study Retracted
Another Harvard paper retracted – post-doc’s research suspect
Harvard researchers retract stem cell rejuvenation article
Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice
Research on Rejuvenating Effect of Young Blood Retracted
In a retraction’s wake: Postdoc Shane Mayack, dismissed from Amy Wagers’ stem cell lab, speaks out
ORI finds Harvard stem cell lab post-doc Mayack manipulated images
Blood retracts stem cell paper from Amy Wagers’ Harvard lab after 14 months of concern
Sydney Mini Maker Faire
We'll PROBE Pluto's MOON CRACKS for mystery ocean – NASA
Pluto’s 5th Moon
New Horizons
New Horizons bMultimedia
New Horizons spacecraft
New Horizons news
New Horizons JPL
Where is New Horizons?
NASA Hubble to Begin Search Beyond Pluto for a New Horizons Mission Target

June 23, 2014

Giant echidnas drive air conditioned thorium cars


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Giant echidnas may still live in WA by Ian Woolf,
Vahid Vkiloroaya talks abut solar absorber air conditioning,
Thorium cars run on rainbows by Ian Woolf.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

Vahid Vakiloroaya
Solar Absorption Air Conditioning
This Car Runs For 100 Years Without Refuelling – The Thorium Car
This Radioactive Element Could Power the Planet
In Which I Use Scientific Reasoning to Doubt the Thorium-Powered Car
Proposal for a Nuclear Gamma-Ray Laser of Optical Range
The Mythology of the Thorium Car, Thorium Plasma Batteries, and More!
Laser Power Systems
Cadillac’s World Thorium Fuel Concept

U.S. Researcher Preparing Prototype Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium

Towards an alternative nuclear future - Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor
Electron Model of Many Applications



Museum specimen sparks hope of echidna survival in Australia
Extinct or not? Scientists search for giant echidna

Long-beakedEchidna.jpg
"Long-beakedEchidna" by User:Jaganath - Transferred form English Wikipedia.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.


June 30, 2014

Play sub-atomic games in Space!


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Pill to help immune system defeat all cancers,
and mechanical 3D printer without electricity by Ian Woolf,
Paul Sztajer talks about his game of sub-atomic physics - Particulars,
Tim Nelson talks about the Delta-V Space Start-up accelerator,
and Christie McMonigal talks about how to become a science communicator.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf.

Paul Sztajer
Paul Sztajer


See-Through Studios
Particulars

Tim Parsons
Tim Parsons

Delta-V Space Hub

Christie McMonigal-A bit of magicChristie McMonigal (photo courtesy of the Australian Institute of Physics)
The Australian Institute of Physics
Cancer pill fights disease and gives lifelong protection
Leukaemia drug found to stimulate immunity against many cancer types
Inactivation of PI(3)K p110δ breaks regulatory T-cell-mediated immune tolerance to cancer

World’s First Analog 3D Printer – Requires no computers, software or electricity
Daniel de Bruin


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