Physics World Weekly Podcast

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266 Episodes

  1. A passion for nanotechnology in medicine:  Black in Nanotech Week cofounder Olivia Geneus on inspiring the next generation of nanoscientists

    Published: 03/12/2020
  2. Quantum software company tackles big computing challenges

    Published: 26/11/2020
  3. Hunting dark matter with quantum sensors, working abroad brings career advantages

    Published: 19/11/2020
  4. Striving for diversity and inclusion in engineering, 100 years of ferroelectrics

    Published: 12/11/2020
  5. Making water on the Moon, radiotherapy for COVID-19, gear-changing particle colliders

    Published: 05/11/2020
  6. Celebrating Black physicists

    Published: 29/10/2020
  7. Room-temperature superconductor arrives at last, a dark-matter detector mystery

    Published: 22/10/2020
  8. Pathways to scalable quantum technologies

    Published: 15/10/2020
  9. Black holes: celebrating the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics

    Published: 08/10/2020
  10. Why Google builds quantum computers, the LGBT+ experience in physics, CERN’s carbon footprint

    Published: 01/10/2020
  11. The promises and pitfalls of peer review

    Published: 24/09/2020
  12. Evidence for life is found on Venus, creating wider access to the best radiotherapy

    Published: 17/09/2020
  13. How the Doomsday Clock ticks, dusting on the Moon, Proxima reflects on women in STEM

    Published: 10/09/2020
  14. Why that massive black-hole merger is important, battling quantum decoherence on two fronts

    Published: 03/09/2020
  15. A grasshopper's quantum leap, mentoring medical physicists, synchrotron is extremely brilliant

    Published: 27/08/2020
  16. Why LHCb is so good at discovering tetraquarks, medical sensors that are drawn on the skin

    Published: 20/08/2020
  17. The funny and sinister sides of machine learning, how to make nanoparticles by the tonne

    Published: 13/08/2020
  18. Creating new technologies using 2D materials, supernova wreaked havoc on Earth, quantum go versus AI

    Published: 06/08/2020
  19. How to time quantum tunnelling using atomic stopwatches, fitness trackers could help with breathing disorders

    Published: 30/07/2020
  20. A flat-Earth fight, an inconsistent Hubble constant, and carbon atoms at a graphene 'watering hole'

    Published: 23/07/2020

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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.