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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...
Fly Singularity
MP3 From 2010, Ian Woolf explains how Gregory Benford uses flies and artificial intelligence for a healthy old age. News of Gummi hacking, chatbots argue on Twitter and weeds evolve. News by Ian Woolf Presented by Marc West, Discussion from...
SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
Tardigrades to the Moon!
MP3 A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again...
Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') In memory of my dear friend and long time Diffusioneer Charles Willock: Nuclear waste physics by Charles Willock, Scientists in Politics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf, Tilting at Windmills by...
20 years of Bug-bots
MP3 download Mice made friendly, Cyborg venus flytraps, 20 years of Robo-roaches, 2001-2021 by Ian Woolf Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors Implanted wireless device triggers mice to form...
Fanny Macleay and Flying Saucers
MP3 download Electric flying saucers, Personal networks sewn into clothes, Fake urine used by miners by Patrick Rubie Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore, Discussion of news, staying young by staying with the young, and the portable hug...
Venus Flytrap Science
MP3 download Venus flytraps can count, Venus flytraps have a biomagnetic field, How Venus flytraps remember and sense time, How Venus flytraps snap shut, How Venus flytraps sense insects. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Calcium dynamics during trap closure...
The Polymer Age
MP3 download Dr Markus Muellner talks about the Polymer Age and new nano-designed technologies. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Markus Muellner Polymer Nanostructures Group Dr Muellner will be speaking at the Frontiers of Science Forum on 12th March...
Strange Geometry in Antiquity - part 2
MP3 download Muscle regeneration, Facebook goes nuclear by Ian Woolf, Dr Daniel Mansfield speaks with Ian Woolf about the strange geometry used by the Babylonians 4000 years ago - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Daniel Mansfield...
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...
Random Lasers
MP3 download Professor Judith Dawes talks with Ian Woolf about creating random lasers to sense molecules, Kachina Allen explains the dangers of Power Dressing, Kachina Allen with the science of Blue eyes, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Judith...
The Pais Effect
MP3 download Frontiers of Science Forum, Two spacecraft arrive at Mars this week, a third next week by Ian Woolf, The Pais Effect - shake as you spin as you charge - a second deep dive into weird science and...
Birds and the bees and the bots
MP3 download This show first broadcast in February 2019: Professor Srinivasan talks about how flying animals navigate, and applying their methods to aircraft. Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Srinivasan The Poladian Project Neuroscience...
Tales from feathers and quills
MP3 download Big radioactive explosion in Russia by Ian Woolf, Kate Brandis talk how wetland bird feathers tell tales, Gina Sartore's The Daughter of Time about Grace Hopper, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Scientists in the Bookshop: Tales from...
Birds, bees and bots
MP3 download Professor Srinivasan talks about how flying animals navigate, and applying their methods to aircraft. Sound checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor Srinivasan The Poladian Project Neuroscience of vision and aerial robotics Youtube channel...
Planetary Defense and symbiotic drones
MP3 download Symbiotic drones by Ian Woolf, Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek talk about Planetary Defense - part 1. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Nikola Schmidt and Petr Bohacek ESA Planetary Defense...
Fizzy ice cream and musical planes
MP3 download Chimpazee fossils, Chimpanzee genome, Lunar penguin robot to jump around the Moon, by Adam Richardson, Peter Robins, Michael Sun, Jacqui Pfeffer and Chris Stewart Fizzy Ice cream by Matt Clarke, Ian Salmon's Music to keep planes flying, by...
Sick supplements and secret gardens
MP3 download Commercial astronauts at NASA by Ian Woolf, Kate Samardzic talks about biotoxins in supplements, Christina McGhee talks about Secret Science events for Science Week, at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and...
Nobels and Ig nobels
MP3 download from October 2005: News by Jacqui Pfeffer, Rubber from fruit flies, Ultra-violet spiders, Dumped by SMS, the Nobel Prize winners with Adam Richardson, the IgNoble Prize winners with Ian Woolf, Presented by Matthew Francis Produced by Chris Stewart...
Expressive Blockchain AI Robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Dubai takes to the air, by Ian Woolf, Ben Goertzal talks about his blockchain Artificial Intelligence platform and emotionally expressive robot Sophia, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Luna Letters and sub-orbital hops
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA and RosCosmos to build moon station, SpaceX to launch two passengers around the Moon in 2018, SpaceX to use Mars spacecraft for sub-orbital hops around Earth by Ian Woolf, Taofiq Huq is...
Crooke's radiometer mystery
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Virus cures diabetes, Butterfly power, Batteries banned, Cannabis helps aged memories, Drugs for better hearing, Oz Govt hacks phones for welfare money. The mystery of Crooke's radiometer. Everyday physics - keeping your cool....
2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2016 IgNobel prizes condensed from 2 hours down to 27 minutes: REPRODUCTION PRIZE [EGYPT] — The effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats, and humans,...
Photobiomodulation and bees
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photobiomodulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
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...
Blockchain Citizen Science
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Venus flytraps can count to five by Ian Woolf, Decentralise all the things by Ian Woolf, Clement Epie talks about blockchain Cellabz and La Paillaise biohacking, Kasek Galgal talks about emerging technologies for...
Falling cats and Stem cell tourism
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Military drones for farmers and cataracts dissolved with eye drops by Ian Woolf, Dr Ken Silburn talks about falling cats and the dangers of DHMO, Dr Heather Main talks about Stem Cell Tourism,...
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...
Photonics and quadcopters
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') All you can eat diet for healthy mice by Ian Woolf, Graphene propelled by light by Ian Woolf, Ben Eggleton talks about the International Year of Light, Quadcopter science by Ian Woolf Production...
Bitcoin disrupts home-made Segway
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Asteroid nears Earth on Australia Day by Ian Woolf, Michael Dance explains the disruptive nature of Bitcoin, Malcolm Faed discusses his home-made self-balancing Segway-like scooter. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted...
Transition waves rideable multicopters
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Balanced bladderworts Ian's script read by David Merriman, Ridable multicopters by Ian Woolf, Soliton oscillations by John August, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Capture of algae promotes...
2015 - The year of the drone
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The news and interviews in this episode were first broadcast on August 25th 2014: Biohackers modify their vision to see more colours by Ian Woolf. Ian Lyons explains how to start flying quadcopter...
Vaping Freematics
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') NASA's Orion goes up and down, Nature pretends to open access by Ian Woolf. Stanley Huang connects analytics from your car to your phone, Is Vaping really safe? by Ian Woolf. 3 Minute...
Drones in the air and underwater
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') See like a fish by changing vitamins by Ian Woolf, Ian Lyons talks about flying quadcopters, Dominic talks about DIY underwater remotely operated vehicles for exploration and education, at the Sydney Mini Maker...
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...
Stem cells for ailing hearts
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Flying snakes by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman speaks with Ian Woolf about creating stem cells to understand inherited heart disease. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf Dr Alexis Bosman Cell Reprogramming Australia...
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...
Asteroids, Nanowires and Llamas
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Llamas treat diarrhea, and jetpacks take off in New Zealand, by Ian Woolf. Chard Core interviews David Faber of Deep Space Industries about mining in space, Laingchen Zhu presents his 3 Minute Thesis...
Wallaby, damaged doubt, rat pilots
download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple discusses the foraging behaviour of swamp wallabies with Miguel Bedoya-Perez. Ian Woolf finds out how damage to your brain can reduce your ability to doubt your beliefs. Julie-Anne Popple reports on dog shaking, cave spiders and...
Birds and the bees and mint
MP3 Julie-Anne Popple, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf speak with Botanist Dr Trevor Wilson about pollenation and mint, Julie-Anne Popple reports the news: - Cervical cancer vaccination - Greenhouse data shared by CSIRO online - new CSIRO solar hot air...
Neutron bombs, GM apples and Zanzibar
MP3 download Lachlan Whatmore looks back over the history of neutron bombs, Victoria Bond reports on apples genetically modified to hide spoilage, discussion from Marc West, Peta Waller-Bryant, Ian Woolf, Phillipe Perez, Victoria Bond and Lachlan Whatmore. News by Phillipe...
Drinking with Aliens
MP3 download The Ordinary Guy (from the Brains Matter podcast) talks to Dr Ali Ford from Monash University , Australia about life in space, Patrick Rubie talks to Joe Duncan, co-owner of the Bowral Brewing Company and Pigs Fly Beer,...
Cells, Cycling, and fake holograms
MP3 PhD student Phoebe Peters is conducting research at the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, she speaks to Ian Woolf about the role of proteins in the surprisingly complex mechanism of bacterial cell division. Cyling scientist Chris Lauf...
Fanny Macleay and talking dolphins
play nowNews by Patrick Rubie - electric flying saucers - personal networks sewn into clothes - fake urine used by miners Nineteenth Century naturalist Fanny Macleay by Lachlan Whatmore,Discussion of news, staying young by staying with the young, and...
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...
'Fly me to the moon with love and fireworks'
play now 'Mining the moon' by Ian Woolf 'The chemistry of love' by Joanne Chang 'Fireworks frenzy' by Patrick Rubie Fireworks discussion by Charles Willock, Ian Woolf, Joanne Chang, Lara Davis and Patrick Rubie Music outro: Sample of Aerodynamic...
Da Vinci, Climate-Fried Fish, the Pope
play now Discover Da Vinci's workshop full of flying machines, theatrical contraptions and submarines. Take a splash with the frenzied fish that are migrating across our warming ocean. But where does the Pope fit into all this? Find out...
Toads, Flying cars and Monkey Mating
Play Now This week was a bit of a lazy one for Team Diffusion. We lAughed at convention and just talked about what ever we wanted to. Science News? Who needs it? Scripts? I think not. Science Radio by...
Diffusion 15th September 2005
Play Now Presented by Noel Hanna, News by Sam McOnie, Genetic crop improvement by Jacqui Pfeffer, Butterfly-inspired Photonics by Jacqui Hayes, Vampire Catfish with special powers by Chris Rayberg, Produced by Matt Clarke...
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