Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World
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.
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300 - Social media: making it work for physics-related businessesThu, 02 May 2024 - 0h
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299 - Environmental sustainability: exploring the challenges for the medical physics communityThu, 25 Apr 2024 - 0h
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298 - Purpose-Led Publishing: Antonia Seymour outlines the role of not-for-profit publishersThu, 18 Apr 2024 - 0h
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297 - Statistical physics provides powerful insights into the living worldThu, 11 Apr 2024 - 0h
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296 - Science centres inspire scientific literacy and diversity in STEMThu, 04 Apr 2024 - 0h
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295 - Superfluid helium: the quantum curiosity behind huge experiments like the LHCThu, 28 Mar 2024 - 0h
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294 - Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissionsThu, 21 Mar 2024 - 0h
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293 - Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusiveFri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
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292 - Tackling climate change while improving human wellbeingThu, 07 Mar 2024 - 0h
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291 - Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforceThu, 29 Feb 2024 - 0h
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290 - Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guestThu, 22 Feb 2024 - 0h
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289 - Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John DabiriThu, 15 Feb 2024 - 0h
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288 - Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storageThu, 08 Feb 2024 - 0h
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287 - MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motionThu, 01 Feb 2024 - 0h
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286 - Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into spaceThu, 25 Jan 2024 - 0h
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285 - The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name changeThu, 18 Jan 2024 - 0h
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284 - Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainabilityFri, 12 Jan 2024 - 0h
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283 - Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbersThu, 04 Jan 2024 - 0h
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282 - Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear powerThu, 14 Dec 2023 - 0h
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281 - Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2023: we explore this year’s best physics researchThu, 07 Dec 2023 - 0h
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280 - Why Alice & Bob are making cat qubits, IOP calls for action on net-zero targetThu, 30 Nov 2023 - 0h
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279 - Biomedical ethicist calls for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflightThu, 23 Nov 2023 - 0h
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278 - New telecoms satellites will degrade our view of the cosmosThu, 16 Nov 2023 - 0h
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277 - New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labsThu, 09 Nov 2023 - 0h
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276 - Celebrating the physics of the cosmos and 20 years of JCAPThu, 02 Nov 2023 - 0h
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275 - Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computingThu, 26 Oct 2023 - 0h
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274 - Quantum algorithms make clever use of noisy hardwareThu, 19 Oct 2023 - 0h
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273 - Fusion industry has ambitious plans for 2035, rounding out this year’s Nobel prizesThu, 12 Oct 2023 - 0h
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272 - Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizesThu, 05 Oct 2023 - 0h
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271 - Scanning the seabed with lasers could inform the search for extraterrestrial intelligenceThu, 28 Sep 2023 - 0h
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270 - Astrophysicist uses X-rays to explore the universe, heat pumps could prevent potholesThu, 21 Sep 2023 - 0h
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269 - Challenging the space industry’s attitudes towards diversity, the ‘wild boar paradox’ explainedThu, 14 Sep 2023 - 0h
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268 - Quantum-safe cryptography: why we need it nowThu, 07 Sep 2023 - 0h
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267 - Mathematics makes sense of the modern worldThu, 31 Aug 2023 - 0h
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266 - Metasurfaces simplify optical sensing systemsThu, 24 Aug 2023 - 0h
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265 - LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the testThu, 17 Aug 2023 - 0h
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264 - Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of OppenheimerThu, 10 Aug 2023 - 0h
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263 - Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scannerThu, 03 Aug 2023 - 0h
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262 - Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forcesThu, 27 Jul 2023 - 0h
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261 - Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonizationThu, 20 Jul 2023 - 0h
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260 - Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physicsThu, 13 Jul 2023 - 0h
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259 - Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to realityThu, 06 Jul 2023 - 0h
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258 - Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes managementThu, 29 Jun 2023 - 0h
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257 - Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to createThu, 22 Jun 2023 - 0h
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256 - Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreachThu, 15 Jun 2023 - 0h
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255 - X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 0h
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254 - Machine learning meets nanotechnology, award-winning implant regulates blood pressureThu, 01 Jun 2023 - 0h
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253 - FASER searches for dark photons at the LHC, and also finds neutrinosThu, 25 May 2023 - 0h
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252 - Charting the evolution of scientific measurement over the past century and looking to the futureThu, 18 May 2023 - 0h
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251 - Portable imaging system targets eye diseases, pondering the mysteries of dark matterThu, 11 May 2023 - 0h
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