Physics World Weekly Podcast

A podcast by Physics World - Thursdays

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284 Episodes

  1. Conspiracy theories, smartphone apps for identifying skin cancer, classical time crystals

    Published: 13/02/2020
  2. Solar physics, the quantum term that needs replacing and the acoustics of concert halls

    Published: 06/02/2020
  3. Boosting infrared spectroscopy, making complexity a descriptive science, artificial intelligence in medical physics

    Published: 30/01/2020
  4. Debating the 'quantum bottleneck', a fictional Spanish physicist and the science of synchronized pendulums

    Published: 23/01/2020
  5. Solar cooking, an ultrasound success story, and why some business models just don’t work out

    Published: 16/01/2020
  6. Looking forward to a new decade of physics, listening to graphene-based headphones

    Published: 09/01/2020
  7. Event Horizon Telescope’s Shep Doeleman explains how to image a black hole

    Published: 19/12/2019
  8. Five more of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019

    Published: 12/12/2019
  9. Five of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019

    Published: 05/12/2019
  10. Celebrating 10 years of the Physics World Book of the Year

    Published: 28/11/2019
  11. Artificial intelligence in medical physics, quantum computing in silicon and a return to physics in film

    Published: 22/11/2019
  12. Physics on the silver screen, fictional and real wormholes, a new parlour game

    Published: 14/11/2019
  13. Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding

    Published: 07/11/2019
  14. Kites that generate electricity, physics of spattered blood, origin of heavy elements

    Published: 31/10/2019
  15. Open-access publishing: challenges and opportunities

    Published: 24/10/2019
  16. Celebrating exoplanets, dogs in space, emotional geography for physicists

    Published: 17/10/2019
  17. Pioneers of physical cosmology, exoplanets and lithium-ion batteries bag Nobel prizes

    Published: 10/10/2019
  18. Flashbacks from scientific childhoods, how to give and receive a Nobel prize, clocking blood flow in sickle cell patients

    Published: 04/10/2019
  19. Open days at CERN, endangered elements, favourite Nobel prizes

    Published: 26/09/2019
  20. Building a consensus on climate change, the future of our warming oceans, the world beneath our feet

    Published: 19/09/2019

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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.