Podcast
Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World Weekly offers a unique insight into the latest news, breakthroughs and innovations from the global scientific community. Our award-winning journalists reveal what has captured their imaginations about the stories in the news this week, which might span anything from quantum physics and astronomy through to materials science, environmental research and policy, and biomedical science and technology. Find out more about the stories in this podcast by visiting the Physics World website. If you enjoy what you hear, then also check out our monthly podcast Physics World Stories, which takes a more in-depth look at a specific theme.
- Physics chart
- #7
- Episodes
- 102
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 35 min
- On air since
- 2024
- Latest episode
- 5 days ago
Episodes
102 episodes, newest first
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39 min
From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals
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Marge Ryan of Johnson Matthey is our podcast guest
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25 min
Theorists use cloud-based Bose–Einstein condensate to study tunnelling
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Quantum experiment is controlled from thousands of kilometres away
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30 min
Ignacio Cirac: Newton Medal winner looks to the future of quantum technology
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Quantum pioneer calls for more investment in Europe’s quantum industries
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49 min
Francis Halzen and IceCube: why neutrinos keep attracting Nobel prizes
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Neutrino expert Kirsty Duffy is our podcast guest
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49 min
Nobel predictions, national firsts and the remarkable story of CV Raman
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We chat about the Nobel Prize in Physics in this podcast
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32 min
Pathways to commercial and academic success in medical physics
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Nick Zacharopoulos, CEO of Aktina Medical, is our podcast guest
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23 min
Creating better batteries for electricity grids
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The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest
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22 min
Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D
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Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest
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58 min
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI
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Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests
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41 min
Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions
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This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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35 min
The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible
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Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people
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47 min
Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals
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Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
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35 min
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing
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Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest
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36 min
How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science
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Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
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40 min
Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics
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This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information
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38 min
Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars
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Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
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20 min
Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon
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Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
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29 min
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy
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Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
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48 min
Ken'ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
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Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
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30 min
‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
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Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
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