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October 6, 2014

Koalas, robots, and brains


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Cheap flexible solar cells, Randomness chips, and the breaking 2014 Nobel prize for Physics by Ian Woolf,
From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
Elwin tracks Koalas online,
Gavin has built a robot coffee table,
Alex has built an outdoor autonomous robot.
3 Minute Thesis: Beeps, Burps, and Brains by Shu Yow.
Checked by Charles Willock,
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

2014-08-16 11.22.24
Elwin tracking koalas online

2014-08-16 14.44.44
Gavin's robot coffee table

2014-08-16 15.15.09
Alex's fully atonomous outdoor robot


2013-10-18 12.08.59
Shu Yow

LX Group
Track Koalas
Robots and Dinosaurs

Australia Scientists Print Cheap Solar Panels Onto Flexible Plastic
Printable solar panels, developed by CSIRO and Melbourne universities, one step closer to market
CSIRO Photovoltaics
CTRL+P: Printing Australia’s largest solar cells
Q&A: organic photovoltaic printable plastic solar cells
On a roll: CSIRO printing Australia’s largest solar cells
Printable solar cells close to commercialisation: CSIRO
Solar energy cells you can print out catching commercial eye, says CSIRO
Dye-sensitised solar cells: third generation solar technology
Low cost energy, using organic photovoltaics

The Future of Cryptography Is… Outdated Nokia Phones?
Quantum random number generation on a mobile phone

October 13, 2014

Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen


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The 2014 Nobel prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics by Ian Woolf,
From the 2013 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition:
Thomas Fin: Oxygen - a double edged sword for lifeforms,
Demi Gow - Building a better bionic ear,
Sharon Savage - Giving words new life in dementia,
Lilly Chang - An eye on Alzheimers disease,
Kelsey Kennedy - Feeling for cancer, an imaging tool to make breast cancer
surgery more effective,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf

2013-10-18 12.03.58
Thomas Finn

2013-10-18 10.55.51
Lily Chang

2013 Trans-Tasman 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Trans Tasman 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2013

Trans Tasman 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2013
3 Minute Thesis Competition


2014 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Nobel Prizes: Discoverers of brain's GPS system awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Super-resolved fluorescence microscopy19.htm
Nobel prize for Chemistry awarded to scientists Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner, who helped develop ultra-powerful microscope
Super-resolved fluorescence microscopy pioneers awarded 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to trio for pioneering microscope work
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/oct/08/chemistry-nobel-awarded-for-super-resolution-microscopy>Trio Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize For Work In Super-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
http://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_diffraction_limit_of_light>What is the diffraction limit of light?

2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
There's An Excellent Reason Why A Blue Lightbulb Just Won The Nobel Prize
Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize
White LED lies: It's great, but Nobel physics prize-winning great?
Efficient, useful blue-light LED draws Nobel Prize in physics

October 20, 2014

Singing frogs and spliced mice


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Spliced mice and oral HIV vaccines by Ian Woolf,
Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum Research Institute talks about her search for rare amphibians at Inspiring Science,
Gemma Sharp's Three Minute thesis: "Paying for Lip Service",
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Inspiring Science
Dr Greta Frankham and Dr Jodi Rowley (photo by Jackie Randles)

The Australian Museum
Jodi Rowley

Humanized Foxp2 accelerates learning by enhancing transitions from declarative to procedural performance
McGovern neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
Scientists make mice learn tasks faster by splicing human brain gene into their DNA

Mucosal SIV vaccines comprising inactivated virus particles and bacterial adjuvants induce CD8+ T-regulatory cells that suppress SIV-positive CD4+ T-cell activation and prevent SIV infection in the macaque model
More surprises in the development of an HIV vaccine
Scientists have “unexpectedly” found a vaccine that completely blocks HIV infection in monkeys
2013-10-18 13.20.32
Gemma Sharp

October 27, 2014

Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining


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Hover-boards are back, by Ian Woolf,
Dr Greta Frankham from the Centre for Wildlife Genomics solves environmental crimes with wildlife forensics,
Richard Saunders turns a skeptical eye on divining for water,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

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Dr Greta Frankham

Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics
Inspiring Science
Dr Greta Frankham with Dr Jodi Rowley at the Customs House Library for Inspiring Science

2014-10-27 13.18.59
Richard Saunders

The SketicZone podcast
The Mystery Investigators
The Australian Skeptics
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Testing Dowsing


    Hoverboards

Hendo's Hoverboards Kickstarter
Halbach Array



Building A Magnetic Levitating Quadcopter
Hoverbot
Jelly and Marshmellows projects



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