Physics World Weekly Podcast

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 Sep 12, 2021

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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.

Episode Date
Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissions
Mar 21, 2024
Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusive
Mar 15, 2024
Tackling climate change while improving human wellbeing
Mar 07, 2024
Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce
Feb 29, 2024
Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Feb 22, 2024
Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John Dabiri
Feb 15, 2024
Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
Feb 08, 2024
MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motion
Feb 01, 2024
Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space
Jan 25, 2024
The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change
Jan 18, 2024
Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainability
Jan 12, 2024
Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbers
Jan 04, 2024
Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power
Dec 14, 2023
Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2023: we explore this year’s best physics research
Dec 07, 2023
Why Alice & Bob are making cat qubits, IOP calls for action on net-zero target
Nov 30, 2023
Biomedical ethicist calls for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflight
Nov 23, 2023
New telecoms satellites will degrade our view of the cosmos
Nov 16, 2023
New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
Nov 09, 2023
Celebrating the physics of the cosmos and 20 years of JCAP
Nov 02, 2023
Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
Oct 26, 2023
Quantum algorithms make clever use of noisy hardware
Oct 19, 2023
Fusion industry has ambitious plans for 2035, rounding out this year’s Nobel prizes
Oct 12, 2023
Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizes
Oct 05, 2023
Scanning the seabed with lasers could inform the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Sep 28, 2023
Astrophysicist uses X-rays to explore the universe, heat pumps could prevent potholes  
Sep 21, 2023
Challenging the space industry’s attitudes towards diversity, the ‘wild boar paradox’ explained
Sep 14, 2023
Quantum-safe cryptography: why we need it now
Sep 07, 2023
Mathematics makes sense of the modern world
Aug 31, 2023
Metasurfaces simplify optical sensing systems
Aug 24, 2023
LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the test
Aug 17, 2023
Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer
Aug 10, 2023
Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scanner
Aug 03, 2023
Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces
Jul 27, 2023
Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization
Jul 20, 2023
Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physics
Jul 13, 2023
Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality
Jul 06, 2023
Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes management
Jun 29, 2023
Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to create
Jun 22, 2023
Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreach
Jun 15, 2023
X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’
Jun 08, 2023
Machine learning meets nanotechnology, award-winning implant regulates blood pressure
Jun 01, 2023
FASER searches for dark photons at the LHC, and also finds neutrinos
May 25, 2023
Charting the evolution of scientific measurement over the past century and looking to the future
May 18, 2023
Portable imaging system targets eye diseases, pondering the mysteries of dark matter
May 11, 2023
Freeman Dyson: we explore the extraordinary life of the rebel physicist
May 04, 2023
The folklore of the Milky Way and the future of scholarly books publishing
Apr 27, 2023
Quantum technologies promise a secure future for cryptography
Apr 20, 2023
Happy World Quantum Day, Fermilab advances quantum science and technology
Apr 13, 2023
Quantum research and development thrives in the defence sector
Apr 06, 2023
Quantum memories in space: experiments in Earth orbit push the limits of physics
Mar 30, 2023
From war-torn Damascus to success as an aviation engineer and pilot, a refugee’s journey
Mar 23, 2023
Nonlinear optics: we explore the science and its many applications
Mar 16, 2023
Revamping undergraduate physics degrees with a focus on translational skills
Mar 09, 2023
Machine learning joins the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Mar 02, 2023
Creativity for scientists: how to build an innovation culture in your university, company or research group
Feb 23, 2023
The chatbot revolution: how physicists are using large language models in academia
Feb 16, 2023
Using radar to detect cosmic neutrinos in ice sheets, why Leo Szilard changed his mind on nuclear weapons
Feb 09, 2023
Atomic clocks put Einstein and the Standard Model to the test, UK’s XFEL plans enter design phase
Feb 02, 2023
Quantum technologies benefit from the bottom-up approach of synthetic chemistry
Jan 26, 2023
Seeking cosmic particles using a super-pressure balloon, the physics of babies
Jan 19, 2023
New directions in environmental health and ecology, innovation in science and technology is waning
Jan 12, 2023
Nuclear waste: how environmental radiochemistry is improving storage and site remediation
Jan 05, 2023
How to deflect an asteroid: DART’s Andrew Cheng on the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year
Dec 15, 2022
Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2022: we explore this year’s best physics research
Dec 08, 2022
The physics of car crashes and the winners of the Institute of Physics Business Awards
Dec 02, 2022
Synchrotrons and space telescopes: looking to the future of big science
Nov 24, 2022
Meteorites and magnetostrophic mathematics reveal unsung scientific heroes of the past
Nov 17, 2022
Artificial intelligence boosts multimessenger astronomy, ‘Quantum on the Clock’ winners  
Nov 10, 2022
Finding commercial success in the burgeoning quantum-technology sector
Nov 03, 2022
Celebrating joy in #BlackInPhysics week, open-access publishing supports climate justice
Oct 27, 2022
Sand battery stores renewable energy, the economics of domestic heat pumps and solar panels
Oct 20, 2022
Nuclear forensics keeps tabs on radioactive materials, big science summer school launches in Spain
Oct 13, 2022
The weird and wonderful history of quantum entanglement that led to this year’s Nobel prize
Oct 06, 2022
Start-up company aims to build laser-driven particle accelerators
Sep 29, 2022
Materials science for women’s health, the rise of Chinese science, Schrödinger fails in Oxford
Sep 22, 2022
Quantum computers could soon bring breakthroughs in nuclear physics
Sep 15, 2022
Meet an engineer who blows things up to help preserve lives and property
Sep 08, 2022
Brain–computer interfaces offer hope to those with neurological disorders and injuries
Sep 01, 2022
UK’s Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics bridges the gap between science and commercial research and development
Aug 25, 2022
Roasting New Mexico chile with a solar concentrator, Diamond: The Game simulates research at a synchrotron lab
Aug 18, 2022
Building a science centre that will inspire local communities, musing over first lines in science books
Aug 11, 2022
Artificial muscles offer a route to greener air conditioning, breakthroughs in semiconductor physics and hidden consciousness
Aug 04, 2022
Celebrating the life of the pioneering nuclear physicist Gertrude Goldhaber
Jul 28, 2022
Bountiful exotic hadrons at the LHC inspire new naming convention
Jul 22, 2022
Projectile fusion offers new path to clean energy, quantum communications for alien civilizations
Jul 14, 2022
How we know climate change causes extreme weather, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Higgs-boson discovery
Jul 07, 2022
How climate change is affecting human and natural systems, test your knowledge of artificial intelligence
Jun 30, 2022
Prize-winning AI research, bringing machine learning tools into the radiotherapy clinic
Jun 23, 2022
Seeking the warm glow of the Unruh effect, reconfigurable hardware drives innovation in test and measurement
Jun 16, 2022
Using social media to turn people on to physics, vacuum supplier sets science-based targets for greenhouse gas reductions
Jun 09, 2022
Quantum-computing company focuses on quantum simulation for industry, celebrating the International Year of Glass
Jun 02, 2022
Asking the big questions in the philosophy of physics and quantum biology
May 26, 2022
Black-hole physics and that iconic ‘shadow’ image, balloons and rockets probe the atmosphere’s acoustic duct
May 19, 2022
Boosting the prospects of PhD students before and after graduation
May 12, 2022
Ukraine’s stained-glass heritage shines through
May 05, 2022
Radiation detectors could help find ancient buildings and dinosaur bones
Apr 28, 2022
Electron rain is driven to Earth by whistler waves, carbon nanotubes encapsulate explosive nitrogen
Apr 21, 2022
Measuring gravity outdoors using a quantum gas, breakthroughs in materials processing and particle physics
Apr 14, 2022
Quantum computing meets machine learning, how motorsport could save the planet
Apr 07, 2022
Neutron capture destroys tumours from the inside, dead stars are born again, commercializing quantum sensors
Mar 31, 2022