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Marta's Micro-Market Mirth - part 1
MP3 download Listen to Marta Khomyn talk about financial markets, data science and comedy school, with news of optic nerve restoration. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Marta Khomyn Marta Khomyn YouTube channel Vision rescue via chemically engineered endogenous retinal...
Apps for Brain-Computer-Interfaces - part 2
MP3 Listen to Sam Hosovsky, CEO of uCat, talking about the implications of brain-computer-interfaces. News of ear based brain-computer-interfaces. - part 2 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Sam Hosovsky, CEO of uCat uCat: Transcend the Limits of Body, Time...
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors AGAIN
MP3 From 2022: Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? The Liberal-National Party want you to think so. News of a vaccine for hair loss, and a reminder from the original Moon landing. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Can...
Levitating worms, 2023 Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Worms hitch rides on bumblebees with electric fields, Nobel Prizes for attosecond lasers, Quantum dots and mRNA vaccines. hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Caenorhabditis elegans transfers across a gap under an electric...
Neurofeedback virtual learning
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Listen to Luke Turner talk about his project to use Neurofeedback and virtual reality to help people learn more things, more easily. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Luke Turner (right) Luke Turner's...
Unsimulated mint longevity
MP3 Listen to the quantum experiment that proves we're not in a computer simulation, news of Mint for Minds, and Slowing the ageing clocks, with Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Improvement of cognitive function in wild-type and...
Dementia and Artificial Intelligence
MP3 Memory prosthesis for dementia by Ian Woolf, Tanya Petrovich from Dementia Australia, and Andrew Vouliotis from Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute talks about their AI training system for carers of people with dementia - Talk with Ted! Produced...
2022 Nobel Prizes
MP3 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution, Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a new type of chemical engineering or "functional chemistry" called "click chemistry", Nobel Prize for Physics for...
Small Modular Reactors
MP3 Vaccine for hair loss, NASA postpones the Moon , Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors the answer? Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Can you hit rewind on hair loss? Sinclair Dermatology Hair Trials Alopecia Areata Gets FDA-Approved Drug Demonstration...
Superworm and fake human meat
MP3 Sound implants prevent cancer, Sun made me hungry, Superworms, sub-millimetre robots Fake cannibalism Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf An implantable ultrasound-powered device for the treatment of brain cancer using electromagnetic fields Food-seeking behavior is triggered by skin ultraviolet...
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...
Nuclear waste storage
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') This program was first broadcast in 2007, but the science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved. A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special. We look at the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials...
Gut bugs!
MP3 download Gut bugs reverse aging - in mice, Gut bacteria make larks and owls, Grapes help your guts, CRISPR kills bacteria by Ian Woolf, Professor Michael Archer explains horizontal gene transfer - little naughties in the dark - to...
Guitar engineering
MP3 download From 2009, Lachlan Whatmore pays tribute to guitar pioneer Les Paul, , from 2018, Luke Coffey builds a robotic guitar! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Robotic Guitar Luke Coffey...
Synthetic chemical adventures
MP3 download Calorie restrictions, Sleep deprivation, CRISPR weight loss, Alexa resident by Ian Woolf, Synthetic chemist adventures with Liam Burt part 2, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Liam Burt - Young Tassie Scientists Life span extension by glucose restriction...
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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Face recognition antagonism
MP3 download Foreign interference in Australia, Masks and face recognition antagonism by Ian Woolf Mark Andrejevic talks about facial recognition surveillance in the pandemic part 2 Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy...
Nano-tech train sets
MP3 download This show first broadcast in February 2019: Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by...
Neuromorphic social impact
MP3 download Face recognition through stealing photos used by police, by Ian Woolf, Yesh Bethi demonstrates neuromorphic cameras on foosball tables, Nic Ralph uses neuromorphic cameras on satellites, Hervé Harvard and Sophie Ritchie bridge academic engineering to real world problems...
Tesla suit field brain scanner
MP3 download Invisible man from Canada by Ian Woolf From Singularity Australia Summit 2019: Dimitri Mikhalchuk fits me for a Tesla Suit, Professor Chris Levi develops a field brain scanner for strokes. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Ian wearing...
Synthetic biology and Future Science
MP3 download Nano-capsules for lower weight and longer life by Ian Woolf, Claudia Vickers talks about synthetic biology and the CSIRO future science platform Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Claudia Vickers Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform CSIRO Future Science...
Bio-engineering Innovation Challenge 2019
MP3 download The Bioengineering Innovation Outreach Challenge 2019 prize winners by Ian Woolf, Professor Hala Zreiqat talks about the ARC Bioengineering Innovation Centre, Dr Gavinda Singh talks about his research in cancer cures and his mentorship, Team Team from Sydney...
Home synthetic biology lab
MP3 download Electric cars are the new NBN by Ian Woolf, JJ Hastings talks about creating art and science and her new authorised synthetic biology home lab Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf JJ Hastings JJ Hasting's garage synthetic biology...
Nano Molecular train sets
MP3 download Cyber attack on Australia, Weird technology from the US Navy, by Ian Woolf, Nano-engineering molecular motors by Dr Shelley Wickham, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Shelley Wickham A DNA-based...
Transhumanism engineering Cat-girls
MP3 download CRISPR babies update by Ian Woolf, Transhumanism and emerging technologies by Peter Xing, Engineering Cat-girls by Meow Ludo Meow Meow. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. The researcher who created CRISPR...
Asteroid deflection and CRISPR babies
MP3 download CRISPR baby by Ian Woolf, Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 2. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. ESA Planetary Defense NASA Planetary Defense United Nations...
Planetary Defense and symbiotic drones
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Absinthe chemistry and Beer froth maths
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Science communication and Quantum transistors
MP3 News of bacteria engineered with an electronic switch, Naomi Koh Belic and Noushin Nasiri talk about science communication, Michelle Simmonds explores how transistors work at the quantum level in 2002, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Women's Day, Stem cells, and Multiple Sclerosis
MP3 Women in Science, Confident women, and delivery drones by Ian Woolf, Naomi Koh Belic talks about modelling Multiple Sclerosis with stem cells. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Naomi Koh Belic The...
The Forgetting Machine - part 1
MP3 Slow ice cream, drone rescue and shocking work conditions by Ian Woolf, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga talks about our brain as The Forgetting Machine - part 1 Professor Aleksandra Przegalinska's 24/7 lecture on the topic: Bots. Sound checked by Charles...
Changing the world with Peerism
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Automatic glasses by Ian Woolf, Nathan Waters talks about changing to a better society with Peerism, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rynos Theme by MacLeod (incompetech.com) Nathan...
Fine tuning for Life
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Rat robot stingrays have heart by Ian Woolf, Luke Barnes discusses how finely tuned the Universe is for life, Callisto by the Ephemera Ensemble. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
Cellf - making a musician
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf, Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians. Celff in...
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...
RobotX Carp telepresence
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Carp! by Ian Woolf, A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 2, Jarrah Peddie talks about the RobotX competition and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles at CeBIT, Jake Fountain...
Innovation Engineering
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Climate scientists take to the streets by Ian Woolf, Rowan Braham talks about Innovation Engineering at Laing O'Rourke. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Rowan Braham CSIRO head...
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...
Vaccination ethics and electricity wars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Sydney Science festival news by Ian Woolf, 2015 Einstein lecturer Dr Ken Silburn talks about vaccination ethics and electricity wars, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf The Einstein...
Urthecast and space lasers
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Healthy high heels, Vaping for minors, Pluto fly-by, and Space lasers for Canberra by Ian Woolf, Canada in Space with Marc Beaudry, Singularity by Paul Rhodes, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Synthetic Biology De-extinction
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineered humans by Ian Woolf, Michael Molitor talks about innovating with synthetic biology, De-extinction of Thylacines, Mammoths and Neanderthals by Ian Woolf Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Paper engineering city spiders
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Drugs to make you fairer by Ian Woolf, Jean Kropper talks about engineering paper structures, Lizzy Lowe talks about urban spiders at Famelab, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Future Day with Aubrey de Grey
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Luminous clouds on Mars by Ian Woolf, Adam Ford speaks with Aubrey De Grey about SENS and Future Day. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Strategeic Engineering of...
Breakfast robots and TECHmyway
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Zoomable contact lenses by Ian Woolf, Cameron Clarke explains the connection between robots and breakfast, Rosie Menzies and Jim Cook talk about innovation, and virtual reality at TECHmyWay. Production checked by Charles Willock,...
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...
FundScience, Albatross, LoVid
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Recovering the world's oldest sound recordings, and DIY Flone drones by Ian Woolf. Maria Oh talks about crowd-funding science on FundScience, John August explains how Albatrosses fly, Tali and Kyle discuss artwork involving...
Space law and Bee decisions
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 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. Matthew Baker...
Geo-engineering Art
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') An introduction to popular geoengineering methods by Ian Woolf, Josh Wodak speaks with Ian Woolf about Climate change, geo-engineering and art. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Illegal Iron Dumping Spawns Huge Algal...
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...
Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineering green glowing eggs to reduce cruelty to chicks, Trial of Ritalin and nutrients to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Singh Kohli explain how...
Microfactories and synthetic food
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about Microfactories and 3D printing Ian Woolf explores synthetic food, from lab grown hamburgers, to food printers, and the man who is just a social eater. Presented...
Kid-friendly science and emulsions
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The Lyrid meteor shower report by Ian Woolf Emulsion science interview with Ann Evans by Ian Woolf Time travel by Ian Woolf and Ed Pollitt Interview with Mike Pollitt about building a ridable...
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
download MP3 (right-click and choose 'save as") Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges by Deanna Coleman, Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Education and Dementia...
Extreme Science Experience special
download MP3 At the Extreme Science Experience, 250 year 10 students met the Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering Clunies Ross innovator's award winners: Dr Gideon Chitombo spoke to Ian Woolf about mining research, Professor Stuart Crozier spoke to...
Disgusting politics and drought resistance
download MP3 Ian Woolf explains the neuropolitics of left and right wing brains, Mic Cavazzini interviews Professor Jim Hasselof about the consequences of genetically engineering drought resistant crops, News by Ian Woolf: - red plumage vanishing from Chernobyl - Global...
Bones, Devils and Mind Control
download MP3 Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral, Mic Cavazzini chats with Dr Janine Deakin about immunity in Tasmanian devils, and James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling...
Global cool space engineers chocolate
MP3Ian Woolf looks at chocolate physiology, John August continues his battle with syphilis and the world,and Lachlan talks to space engineer George Graves.News by Patrick Rubie,Presented and produced by Lachlan Whatmore....
Space probes Borderless housing
MP3 Space Probes by Lachlan Whatmore Sustainable housing interview with Vaugh Gray of Engineers without Borders by Amy Bullen, News by Patrick Rubie short people are more jealous, self-healing artificial joints butterflys remember their childhood Presented and produced by...
Nuclear Waste: Safe for 240,000 years?
play now A Diffusion Science Nuclear Special. We look at the breakdown of nuclear waste storage materials with time, and the problems associated with cleanup of the Maralinga nuclear test site. Dr Ian Farnan, University of Cambridge, talks to...
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...
Gift giving and genetic engineering
Play Now We sum up the science that defined 2006 with Jacqui Hayes and Sacha Stelzer, Ian Woolf reveals a plan to create bearded babies and hairless men, Gifts for your scientist by Chris Stewart, and a morbid look...
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Networking tutor, Computational Theory lecturer and subject coordinator, and Physics lab demonstrator; while changing his career to professional writing...
4th August 2005
Play Now Presented by Phil DooleyNews by Jacqui PfefferPhysics of Tennis interview with Professor Rod Cross by Phil DooleyTaylor Bildstein interviews Dr Jane Sargassen about the fluid dynamic engineeringScience chat about eating Kangaroo and Possum meat, with Matt, Phil,...
Ian Woolf
Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Physics, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Cisco CCNA tutor, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to professional writing and broadcasting. Read...
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