

Diffusion Science radio
Ian Woolf
If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
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Mar 21, 2022 • 0sec
Biology Evolves - Part 1
Johannes LeCoutre 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 1
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Mar 14, 2022 • 0sec
Creating the future
Environment Minister Susan Ley wins her appeal against duty to not hurt children,
Environment Minister Ley announces loophole to exempt coal mines from environmental legislation,
Asteroid explodes near Iceland,
Damon Gameau talks about his new film about the next ten years: Regenerating Australia
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Mar 7, 2022 • 0sec
Plato's compass
Professor Chris Tisdell replaces Plato's compass with a template, to make learning geometry easier and safer.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Feb 28, 2022 • 0sec
Tiny Targeted Plastic
Professor Martina Stenzel talks about using polymer nanotechnology to deliver drugs to fight cancer with less side effects.
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Feb 21, 2022 • 0sec
Printed livers and woven TVs
3D printed livers,
Animated t-shirts by Ian Woolf
BA.2 - time for a new letter? by Ian Woolf
From 2010:
Victoria Bond spoke to Robert Booy about the importance of vaccine compliance, and the downfall of the Australian Vaccination Network
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Feb 14, 2022 • 0sec
When viruses collude
When COVID and herpes viruses team up by Ian Woolf
From 2018: Brett Lidbury talks about diagnostic tests for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Feb 7, 2022 • 0sec
Desiderosmia
Chewing gum against COVID19,
Assange appeals the appeal,
Xenotransplantation by Ian Woolf
Desiderosmia - a personal story by Justine Hamilton
Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf
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Jan 31, 2022 • 0sec
Nuclear waste: Safe for 240 000 years?
This show was first broadcast in 2007. The science is still valid, and the technology hasn't improved
We asked experts about 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 Charles Willock about
possibly significant errors in estimates of nuclear waste storage times.
Alan Parkinson, nuclear engineer, talks with Charles Willock about
the mishandling of nuclear waste at Maralinga.
Presented by: Emily Fearn
Panelled by: Celine Steinfeld
Produced by Charles Willock and Ian Woolf
assisted by Patrick Rubie
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Jan 24, 2022 • 0sec
Nuclear windmill synaesthesia - in memory of Charles Willock
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 Charles Willock,
Fire-eating at the Sydney Olympics by Charles Willock, Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf,
Synaesthesia and websites by Charles Willock,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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Jan 17, 2022 • 0sec
Physics of the Internet
This show was first broadcast in 2017:
Nuclear diamond batteries by Ian Woolf,
Ben Eggleton explains the physics behind the internet.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf
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