Physics World Weekly Podcast

266 Episodes

1. Why quantum technologists and materials scientists need to talk, lockdown silence is a boon to seismologists

   Published: 06/05/2021
2. Quantum birds inspire new metrology for biosciences, particle physicist searches for the very small

   Published: 29/04/2021
3. New technology for artisanal gold miners and the pros and cons of blockchain

   Published: 22/04/2021
4. Fermilab physicists may have glimpsed a new force, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from belching cattle

   Published: 15/04/2021
5. Graphene gives neural interfaces a boost, the amazing physics of hearing and vision

   Published: 08/04/2021
6. Inspiring young children to careers in science, the physics and economics of heat pumps

   Published: 01/04/2021
7. Finding silicon’s Holy Grail at long last, how to recognize and prevent ‘publication misconduct’

   Published: 25/03/2021
8. Artist draws on her physics background for inspiration, improving proton therapy for better cancer care

   Published: 18/03/2021
9. Meteorite hunters find fireball fragments in England, CERN collider has discovered 59 new hadrons

   Published: 11/03/2021
10. The race to discover superheavy elements, a dinosaur killer and other visitors from outer space

    Published: 04/03/2021
11. How gravitational waves could reveal flaws in a black-hole theorem, satellites lead an agricultural revolution

    Published: 25/02/2021
12. Quantum-enabled scanner will boost our understanding of brain function, doing research 6.5 km under the ocean’s surface

    Published: 18/02/2021
13. How sidewinder snakes slither sideways, the challenges of creating sustainable infrastructure

    Published: 11/02/2021
14. Quantum mechanics and human consciousness, developing technologies for brain-inspired computation

    Published: 04/02/2021
15. Nanophotonic biosensor tests for COVID-19, hot topics in medical physics

    Published: 28/01/2021
16. Severe wildfires create towering thunderstorms, how to launch a new scientific society

    Published: 21/01/2021
17. Pursuing a career in science communication, commercializing single photon detectors

    Published: 14/01/2021
18. Processing natural language using quantum computers, listening to the oceans’ myriad sounds

    Published: 07/01/2021
19. The highs and lows of physics in 2020, we reveal our Breakthrough of the Year

    Published: 17/12/2020
20. We reveal our Top 10 Breakthroughs in physics for 2020

    Published: 10/12/2020