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Alberto Baldin's "La Scheda" - Enrico Fermi: 9.11.2009
One of the foremost modern atomic scientists left Italy in the late 1930's and settled in the US. "La Scheda" pays tribute to his successes with nuclear research. The former minister, Giuseppe Fioroni, is given the opportunity to comment on the "brain-drain" issue.
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Alberto Baldin's "La Scheda" - Le Corbusier: 16.9.2009
Le Corbusier (real name Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris) was a master of the XX century in the fields of architecture, urban planning and design. Alberto Baldin, with the contribution of Italian-Australian architect Andrea Viali, remembers him in the anniversary of his death (August 27 1965).
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Antonio Dottore-University initiative for Abruzzo: 2.7.2009
A number of researchers from the University of L'Aquila, the Italian city devastated by an earthquake last April, will be able to continue their work in Australia thanks to a project led by a group of Australian Universities. University of Adelaide lecturer, Antonio Dottore, explains the details of the project to Marco Lucchi
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Earthquakes in Australia: 20.4.2009
Earthquakes also occur in Australia, and since the arrival of the First Fleet many have been recorded, even of great intensity, like that which hit Newcastle in 1989, killing 13 people. Max Civili looks back at the history of earthquakes in Australia, with the assistance of geologist and vulcanologist Karim Aoudia, from the UNESCO research centre in Trieste, and the accounts of witnesses.
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Dr. Eugenio Butelli and the purple tomato: 18.2.2009
Dr. Eugenio Butelli of John Innes Centre of Norwich(England), talks about a purple tomato enriched with anthocyanin a powerful antiossidant.
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Olivia Pagani-Senior registrar in oncology, MD: 18.2.2009
In this interview by Luisa Perugini, Md Olivia Pagani talks about breast cancer, an area in which she has published widely.
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Carlo Ratti's vision of city life: 18.2.2009
Sydney was the host city for Metropolis 2008 and one of the most acclaimed guest speakers was Carlo Ratti.
In 2003, Ratti established the SENSEable City Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT) research group that explores the "real-time city" by studying the increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics, and their relationship to the built environment.
SENSEable launched the Real Time Rome project at the 2006 Venice Biennale, which employed data from mobile phones, buses and taxis to render immediate imaging of urban dynamics across an evening in Rome.
Carlo Ratti tries pushes the boundaries of his art.
At the end of his presentation at Metropolis 2008, Domenico Gentile interviewed him for SBS Radio.
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Two miles under an icesheet to unravel the mysteries of climate change: 18.2.2009
An international team of scientists is to embark for an extremely demanding expedition in Antarctica. Their task is to explore the world's oldest ice, two miles under an icesheet.
British Antarctic Survey Geophysicist Dr.Fausto Ferraccioli - the expedition leader - said the buried ice should contain "detailed records" of climate change over the past millennia. Max Civili asks Dr. Ferraccioli about this very ambitious mission.
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Medimate - Part 2: 18.2.2009
The second of four instalments of 'Medimate', an initiative of the National Prescribing Service. Dr Tony Cocchiaro tells Max Civili what we should know before taking any type of medication.
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Medimate - Part 3: 18.2.2009
The third of four instalments of 'Medimate', an initiative of the National Prescribing Service. Dr Tony Cocchiaro tells Max Civili what we should know before taking any type of medication.
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