Part 2 of my interview with Professor Peter McIntyre from the University of Melbourne on pain – what is it, how do we feel it, wha forms of it are there, and how does it relate to our sense of taste?
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In the episode today, I speak to Professor Peter McIntyre from the University of Melbourne on pain – what is it, how do we feel it, what forms of it are there, and how does it relate to our sense of taste? Listen to this interview, and learn about it!
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On today’s show, a quick preview of the new OS released by Apple – Leopard, and the regular brain teaser, pin of the episode, and listener feedback.
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In today’s episode, I continue my interview with Dr Mark Boland, Accelerator Physicist from the Australian Synchrotron. We tour the facility, and continue our discuss on the synchrotron and what it can be used for. Also on today’s episode, the Brain Teaser, Listener feedback, and Pin of the Episode.
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On today’s episode, I talk to Dr Mark Boland from the Australian Synchrotron. Dr Boland tells me about how the synchrotron works.
Also on today’s show – news, pin of the episode, and the Brain Teaser.
Join me for the next episode where Dr Boland takes me on a tour of the facility.
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Brains Matter was first broadcast on 16/10/2006, which means that today is the one year anniversary of the show.
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I interview Nobel Laureate and Australian of the Year, Professor Peter Doherty, and we talk about the work that led to his Nobel Prize, his books, his views on modern science, and I also get a joke out of the Nobel Prize winner. The show also features some news, pin of the episode, and reader feedback.
Professor Doherty’s new book:
http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0-522-85407-9.html
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In this episode, I talk to Dr Roger Rassool about why physics is useful – in more ways than people assume! The physics of music, and how elephants communicate using infrasound.
Please listen to episode 39 (part 1) and episode 40 (part 2) of the interview series with Dr Rassool.
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In this episode, I talk to Dr Roger Rassool about particle physics, and his research into a land mine detector using nitrogen, a Positron Emission Tomography Scanner – which uses anti-matter to work, and the Single Photon Detector, which is used in synchrotrons. These are all research projects in the the Physics Solutions for Industry lab that he heads up.
Please listen to episode 39, which is part 1 of the interview series with Dr Rassool.
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