Diffusion Science radio
Ian Woolf
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Dec 8, 2014 • 0sec
Vaping Freematics
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 safe? by Ian Woolf.
3 Minute Thesis by Kelly Sun: "Decoding a word in a plant's vocabulary.
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Dec 1, 2014 • 0sec
Solidifier, Ozberry Pi and RoboDojo
Diabetes reversed in mice, and CSIRO loses 1000 staff by Ian Woolf,
From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire:
David Vandenberg talks about Solidifier,
John Wulff talks about Ozberry Pi,
Justin Maclean talks about Ozberry Pi and the Internet of Things meetup,
Adrian talks about RoboDojo and robot nerf guns.
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Nov 24, 2014 • 0sec
Carotenoids - why vegetables are good for you
Harvard spying scandals by Ian Woolf,
Chris Cazzonelli talks about carotenoids,
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Nov 17, 2014 • 0sec
Primate RNA and pocket communicators
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 pocket satellite communicators.
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Nov 10, 2014 • 0sec
Non-coding RNA and hand puppets
Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf
Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE,
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Nov 3, 2014 • 0sec
3D Printing for the rest of us
Brain inflammation and abnormalities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf,
What do you do after you buy a 3D printer? with Shane Morris,
Ksenia Gnevsheva's 3 Minute Thesis: Non-native English accents - how malleable are they?
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Oct 27, 2014 • 0sec
Wildlife Forensics and Water Divining
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,
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Oct 20, 2014 • 0sec
Singing frogs and spliced mice
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",
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Oct 13, 2014 • 0sec
Cancer, Alzheimers, hearing and oxygen
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,
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Oct 6, 2014 • 0sec
Koalas, robots and brains
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.
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