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  Greg Nolan is an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania's Discipline of Architecture and Design and Director of the University's Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood. Aubxw `884, Greg Nolan has been involved with research and development aimed at improving the use of wood and timber products in sustainable building, and recovery of wood products from the available resource. In today's episode we have a master class on the material characteristics of timber products, designing for durability and the conceptual design process for timber buildings.   If you want to check out the WoodSolutions Technical Guide #46, head to: https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/technical-design-guides

Big Data is one of the latest science buzzwords, but what does it mean for health, vision and ophthalmology? What kind of collaborations could there be between astrophysicists and vision science researchers? On 21 July researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia and Swinburne University spent the morning discussing the importance of big data and super computing power in their research The following is an interview with Professor Matthew Bailes, an astrophysicist at the University's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, and the Director of OzGrav, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery.

Cellulose, one of nature's most abundant polymers, is produced in significant quantities in many farmed crops. Yet it is not a human food source - so the use of cellulose in high value materials does not compete with, but potentially complements, food production. This lecture covered work afoot at the University's Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies into processing cellulose into high value materials that gives access to renewably-derived recyclable materials with a range of diverse applications.

Professor Aziz Sheikh, Professor of Primary Care Research & Development and Co-Director of the University's Centre for Population Health Scientist, delivers the third lecture in the 2014 Medical Detectives series entitled, "The Sign of Three: Progress Report on an Investigation into the Epidemic of Itch, Sneeze and Wheeze". In this lecture, Professor Sheikh will present a summary of the main culprits identified to-date and share his thoughts on where the investigation should now focus attention. Recorded on 23 October 2014, at the University of Edinburgh's Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Dr Timothy Jones, co-director of the University's Centre for Gender Studies, discusses how the early suffragette movement was closely linked with religious movements and how white middle-class women can be accused of speaking for others.

Philippe Blondel from the University's Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences takes a planetary journey through the solar system and discusses whether the discovery of water means there must be life on other planets