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Sleep learning and smell-o-vision - part 3
MP3 download From 2020: Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals...
Robot noses and pheromones
MP3 download James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 2, Easter chocolate news, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory...
How do we smell, again? - part 1
MP3 download Chocolate news by Ian Woolf From 2020: James Hayes talks about the science of odour - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Insights into the Multiscale Lubrication Mechanism of Edible...
The Big Misunderstanding
download MP3 Listen to John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor John Mattick Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare Telegony and guitars...
Categorification, Not A Crime
MP3 Anna Romanov talks about what equals means - when is a knot not a knot? Pure maths in the everyday world. Dave The Happy Singer sings Not A Crime, (music by Dave The Happy Singer, lyrics by Ian Woolf)...
Spinal Fusion
MP3 Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li talk about coming together to make spinal fusion surgery work for patients with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix. Hosted and Produced by Ian Woolf...
Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
MP3 Artificial Intelligence software used to find a 25000 times faster shortcut for quantum physics by Ian Woolf, Professor Toby Walsh talks about autonomous weapons and rights for machines in Machines Behaving badly part 2, Ian Woolf plays with the...
Machines Behaving Badly - part 1
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about the ethical dilemmas around Artificial Intelligence and how they affect us, and his new book "Machines Behaving Badly" - part 1 Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
Fuctional Super Food
MP3 Rain-water is poisoned with PFAS everywhere, even in the Arctic circle by Ian Woolf, Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot talks about nutrition, super-foods and functional foods. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot Outside the Safe Operating...
Autonomous algorithms
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about the future of artificial intelligence with Ian Woolf. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
Questioning Science Frontiers - part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') UN Climate Report released, Governments fail to act, scientists protest by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 2 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor...
Questioning Science Frontiers - part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA telescope naming scandal by Ian Woolf, Audience questions from the Frontiers of Science Forum - part 1 featuring Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor Chirs Tisdell, and Professor Ben Eggleton,...
Biology Evolves - part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Johannes LeCoutre talks about growing food in new ways, cell by cell - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Johannes le Coutre Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Ian...
Biology Evolves - Part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Professor Johannes le Coutre talks about how Biology evolved from a purely investigative science into an area of creative engineering, and specifically about growing food in new ways, cell by cell - part...
Plato's Compass
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Professor Chris Tisdell replaces Plato's compass with a template, to make learning geometry easier and safer. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Chris Tisdell Beyond the compass: Exploring geometric constructions via a...
Tiny targeted plastic
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Professor Martina Stenzel talks about using polymer nanotechnology to deliver drugs to fight cancer with less side effects. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Martina Stenzel Frontiers of Science Forum 2022...
Glow worm quiz immunity
MP3 download Vaccines can protect against more than their targets, Wind farms dispatched by Ian Woolf, From 2006: Lindsey Gray illuminates Glow worms, From 2009: Celine Steinfeld hosts a science quiz with Jacqui Hayes and Sarah Wood, Produced and hosted...
Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
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Strange geometry in Antiquity - part 1
MP3 download Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield Perpendicular Lines and Diagonal Triples in Old Babylonian...
Eugenic multiverses
MP3 download Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham talks about genetic selection and multiple universes - part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Sign the petition to free Julian Assange...
First Contact Time Travel
MP3 download Superconductors warm up by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham makes First Contact and Travels through Time - part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride First room-temperature...
Little Green Molecules
MP3 download The Moon is a bit wet by Ian Woolf, Radio astronomer Maria Cunningham searches for life off Earth - part 1, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Maria Cunningham NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of...
Landing on Mars
MP3 download Assange arrest again by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about 7 minutes of terror and the search for life on Mars - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre...
Life on Mars
MP3 download The race to Mars, Fusion fuel? by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre for Astrobiology...
Smell-o-vision and explosive bees
MP3 download Synthetic smells and Sleep smelling memories by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 3, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals the coding...
Pheromones and robot noses
MP3 download Salted masks and COVIDSafe follow-up by Ian Woolf James Hayes talks about the science of odour, part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr James Hayes UNSW Odour Laboratory Universal and reusable virus deactivation system for respiratory...
How do we smell?
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Brain wave discoveries
MP3 download Clean money for dirty hydrogen, Tracing app can't yet trace, but can track by Ian Woolf, R Douglas Fields talks about the discovery of brainwaves and Elon Musk's Neural-link part 2. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf R....
Spins and valleys
MP3 download Internet turns 50, Quantum batteries by Ian Woolf, Samuel Bladwell explains spintronics and valley technology, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Samuel Bladwell FLEET Pioneer recalls first e-mail INTERNET HISTORY OF 1960S Researchers create blueprint for 'quantum battery'...
Future Low Energy Electronic Technology
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Tales from feathers and quills
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Coral reefs in NSW
MP3 download Tracey Ainsworth and Steph Gardner from UNSW talk about NSW coral reefs Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Associate Professor Tracey AinsworthDr Stephanie Gardner From Reef to Harbour: The Hidden Wonder of NSW Corals Climate change: Marine heatwaves...
Funding ME and CFS research
MP3 download Senate Estimates prompts NHMRC to start an ME/CFS panel to target research funding, Stephen Graves describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2008, Part 2 of Brett Lidbury talking about ME/CFS. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Autonomous artificial intelligence algorithms
MP3 Professor Toby Walsh talks about artificial intelligence with Ian Woolf. Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Toby Walsh...
Create UNSW, MakerSpace and Repair Cafe - DIY Day part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bionic bacteria get solar panels to make vinegar while yeast turns Astronaut urine into plastic by Ian Woolf, Anthony from Create UNSW show the latest student projects, Anna Lise explains MakerSpace, Bob invites...
Cuberider, CubeSat and MathWorks - DIY Day part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Stealthy sonar spying on cell phones by Ian Woolf, Anh Nguyen, Flavia Ching Lu, Jenna Chan and Teresa Tran from Cerdon College develop space face cream with Cuberider data, Dr Elias Aboutanio from...
Robots and Voxels at CeBIT
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') New Zealand launches a 3D-printed rocket by Ian Woolf, Claude Sammut from UNSW talks about robots at CeBIT, Todd the T1000 by Jonathan Coulton, Gavin Smith from Voxon Photonics talks about 3D displays...
Equal Reality for social intelligence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Skeleton finger print unlocks phones by Ian Woolf, Annie Harper and Brennan Hatton talk use virtual reality to raise social intelligence, Nady Braidy treats alcohol addiction with NAD+, Lael Lim builds robohand. Production...
NAD+ and Ciguatera Fish Poison
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rosmarinic acid for your spinal injury, and aged brain by Ian Woolf, Nady Braidy talks about Ciguatera, Chronic Faqtigue Syndrome and NAD+, Ian Woolf reports the latest from the Louis Mallard Institute's research...
NAD+ and ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Two compounds rejuvenate mice - are humans next? by Ian Woolf, Nady Braidy talks about NAD+ , ageing, Alzheimer's and treating dementia, Interview with a marching Diffusion listener, Interview with Taylor Szyzka about...
Voice, micro-algae and CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers found to have damaged calcium ion channels and energy generation, by Ian Woolf, Noel Hanna talks about what we know about the voice, George Pappou talks about innovations for...
Addictive epigenetics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Kelly Clemens talks about how drugs of abuse alter the brain's epigenetics, From 2015, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick talks about heatwaves - measuring and predicting them, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Identity cards for Australia again?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') (This show was first broadcast on the 1st of March 2007) ID Card news by Ian Woolf, Synthetic interview with Anna Johnston of the Australian Privacy Foundation about privacy concerns, by Anonymous Voice,...
Weird pets, possums and blood vessels
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Wifi emotions by Ian Woolf, Stewart McPherson travels the world documenting nature - part 2, Bright spark challenge: - Edward Waters, University of Notre Dame – Possums: furry...
Exo-planets - another Earth?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Has another Earth been discovered? by Ian Woolf Chris Tinney talks about exo-planets - what they are, and how we find them. Why is Earth called Earth? by Fred Watson Production checked by...
More Carbs for longer life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut, Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf, David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet. Production checked...
Solar racing and women's ageing part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Australian science has become a political playground by Ian Woolf, Part 2 of Judy Ford talking about slowing women's ageing, Will Green talks about the Sunswift solar racer. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
Physics of Music revisited
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') First plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf. Professor Joe Wolfe from the UNSW speaks to Ian Woolf about the Physics of Music and Voice. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Hungry algae may...
Real Space Cowboys and Star AI
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Alien planet in the Goldilocks zone by Ian Woolf, Ed Buckbee talks about the Real Space Cowboys and Space Camp, Elise Hampton uses machine learning to crunch astronomical amounts of data. Production checked...
Heatwave detecting cancer
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Clean water from thin air by Ian Woolf, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick talks about heatwaves - measuring and predicting them, Majid Warkiani talks about developing a blood test for all cancers, Production checked by Charles...
Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Murderous meat by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton talks about astronomy in Antarctica, Jessica Stanley talks about her catalyst for converting plant waste into biofuel. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Gene repair, eggs and entropy
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') LHC tests Rainbow Gravity, Daraprim for a dollar by Ian Woolf, Elizabeth Hinde describes how to see genes repaired for Fresh Science, John August talks about the Egg and Entropy, part 2. Production...
Life and death of Stars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sleek Geek Eureka Primary School prizes by Ian Woolf, Michael Burton explains the life and death of stars, Why does the Sun really shine by They Might Be Giants, Production checked by Charles...
Crowd-funding Galaxy Exploration
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Eureka Prizes Secondary School division by Ian Woolf - The Secret of the Appendix by Paige Bebee, - Why are Concussions Bad for You? by Luke Cadorin-Taylor, - Gravity Sucks, by Tom...
Change your genes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Self-control or memory? by Ian Woolf Professor Steve Cole explains the influence of personal experience on the regulation of your genes (part 1), Chris from Create UNSW talks about live Pac man. Put...
Virtual, Augmented and Robot Reality
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rubber hand illusions by Ian Woolf, Tristan Robinson talks about his autonomous robots, Jake Fountain talks about his virtual realities, Joseph Wang talks about the Meta augmented reality headset, Leila Alem talks about...
Famelab: Bacteria, Labeckia and Wellness
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Where does the fat go when you lose weight? by Ian Woolf Famelab 2015 talks: Solving bacteria's identity crisis by Sabgeeta Bhatia, Lebeckia: a perennial for deep sandy soils by Sofie De Meyer,...
Solar powered racing cars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ciguatera disrupts genes by Ian Woolf, Rob Ireland talks about the Sunswift solar racing car, ready for commuters? Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Sunswift World Record Attempt...
Asteroid mining and radioactive waste dumps
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Radioactive waste dump for Australia by Ian Woolf, Interview with Mark Read about modelling bacteria in your gut, William Crowe talks about using swarms of small spacecraft to gather data for asteroid mining....
Primate RNA and pocket communicators
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') More women linked to less prostate cancer, Mind-controlled genetically engineered implant for mice by Ian Woolf, Leonard Lipovich talks about Primate RNA and evolution, Roche Mathews talks about CreateUNSW, Shane Morris talks about...
Space Beer, OrbitOz and Launchbox
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Make your phone compute while you sleep with Power To Give, by Ian Woolf, Brian Lim speaks with Ian Woolf about OrbitOz, and his company Launchbox, Justin Held spoke with Ian Woolf about...
Building Biosensors to detect disease
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Placebos for sleep, exercise and vision by Ian Woolf, Dr Olivier Laczka speaks with Ian Woolf about designing biosensors for marine pathogens, Indigo V open source science, and detecting HIV. Presented and produced...
Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Tiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf. Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery or wearing lenses, Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement. Presented and produced...
Mini Maker Faire and Google You
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NBN petition delivered to Australian MPs by Ian Woolf, Google You by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Julian talks about 3D modelling, Chris Ferman talks about his 3D printed android,...
Mechanical stem cells and Origin catalysts
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Trans-Pacific-Partnership, patents and copyrights by Ian Woolf, Professor Melissa Knothe Tate speaks with Ian Woolf about Mechanical stem cells, John August investigates the role of catalysts in the Origin of Life. Presented...
Physics of Music special
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Head, heart and galaxy
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Extremophiles and The Vision Revolution
download MP3 From 2000, Tim Baynes interviews Professor Rick Cavicchioli from UNSW about bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions, Derek Muller sings about electricity, From 2010, Ian Woolf reviews The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi Presented and produced by Ian...
Solar racing and toxoplasma
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Sexy Greys and Super-planes
MP3 download Ian Woolf, Dan Keogh and Aaron Cook examine: - super planes that use 50% less fuel - how male antelopes fake predator warnings to keep females nearby, - the $100 tablet computer, - choosing sexually attractive grey human...
Censorship, broken and fixed hearts
MP3 Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet. Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions, Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus...
ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
This is a special edition of the Diffusion Science Radio show looking at a controversial application of science and technology: the proposed card to identify everyone accessing Australian government services. Go directly to Podcasts: --> Download/listen, 64kbs MP3 (13.4...
Slippery Ice, Misdirected Science
Play Now Presenter Jacqui Pfeffer, News by Tilly Boleyn, Ice science - why is ice slippery? by Adam Richardson, Deception and misdirection in science reporting by Ian Woolf, Produced by Tilly Boleyn Prolonged Illness after Infectious Mononucleosis Is Associated...
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