Diffusion Science Radio

Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology won the 2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. I spoke with her in 2021 about how we can improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of COVID19, and other airborne diseases. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2009: Listen to Marc West ask Dr Chris Pettigrew how Mystique's disguise super-powers might really work, Charles Willock reports on the distribution of sin in the USA, Ian Woolf and Patrick Rubie discuss lesser known side effects of the contraceptive pill News by Victoria Bond: - protons re-introduced to the LHC - Swine flu is nothing to sneeze at - rebuilding glaciers - electric field therapy kills cancer Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

From 2010: Listen to part 2 of Wolverine science from Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew, Ant martyrs by Victoria Bond Hot stuff at the RHIC with Olli Barrand King Tut's diagnosis by Catherine Beehag CSIRO's fleck nano tags your stuff by Catherine Beehag, Bees dance to bee dopamine in lab raves by Ollie Barrand, Lunar reserve created to protect the Tranquility lunar landing site by Ollie Barrand Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap shirts

Listen to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for the discovery of regulatory T-cells calming the immune system and stopping it from attacking the body. News of YouTube and GitHub banned for kids, and perhaps Wikipedia. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

The 2025 Nobel prizes were won for quantum tunneling and quantisation in a macroscopic circuit, and for the discovery of metal organic framework molecules to create new materials with novel properties. Lets find out what they achieved! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2010: Listen to the science of Wolverine with Marc West and Dr Chris Pettigrew, Marc West, Aaron Cooke and Ian Woolf discuss the science of superheroes. News by Aaron Cooke; - solar disinfectant - Snails of Steel - sticky cookware Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about the biology, anthropology and beauty of knots. News of automated democracy! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about how knitting and neural networks are just complicated knots, and how imagining a donut shaped world gives us applications in the real world. All the age verification news! Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about the mathematics and science of knots, weaving, networks and neural networks - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2007: 2007 Science News by Ian Woolf, Human evolution by Marc West, Retrocausality by Tim Baynes, Sperm wars by Darren Osbourne, Science predictions for 2007 by Jacqui Hayes,Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag, Ian Woolf and Marc West. Produced and presented by Tilly Boleyn Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to James Vandeleur talk about Quantum Computer programming, particle physics, and the Casimir effect, in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 4, Deep dive into the Casimir effect and quantum levitation. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to James Vandeleau talk about Quantum Computers, in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 3. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the history of Quantum physics, what it means and a demonstration with polarised sunglasses. News of scientists sacked, and eSafety failed. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to James Vandeleau talk about the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to the final part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from social media bubbles, to how kids need to practice socializing safely online, just as they do in the real world. News of Senate voting against the censorship, and then for it the next day. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to the second part of John Pane talking about privacy rights online, from your private interactions with AI, to the dangers of manipulation by social media companies even if you don't have a social media account. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to John Pane, Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia talk about the executive order from Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, requiring photo ID age verification for using an uncensored search engine in Australia by December 2025 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to the risks of vitamin B6 poisoning that can damage your nerves and make you fall, and news of a cocktail that makes worms and mice younger. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

From 2009: "Worms worms worms" by Lachlan Whatmore "Science Trivia" hosted by Victoria Bond. "The number 30" by Patrick Rubie News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf Evolutionary Leap, Hadron Collider and space drive,Placebo Effects, and Global Melting Presented by Lachlan Whatmore Produced by Ian Woolf Produced by Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise

Listen to John August from 2009 talk about travelling in tornadoes. News of mystery radio signals, a hole in the magnetosphere, and artificial blood. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying venus flytrap Merchandise