Physics World Weekly Podcast
A podcast by Physics World - Thursdays

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281 Episodes
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Debating the 'quantum bottleneck', a fictional Spanish physicist and the science of synchronized pendulums
Published: 23/01/2020 -
Solar cooking, an ultrasound success story, and why some business models just don’t work out
Published: 16/01/2020 -
Looking forward to a new decade of physics, listening to graphene-based headphones
Published: 09/01/2020 -
Event Horizon Telescope’s Shep Doeleman explains how to image a black hole
Published: 19/12/2019 -
Five more of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019
Published: 12/12/2019 -
Five of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019
Published: 05/12/2019 -
Celebrating 10 years of the Physics World Book of the Year
Published: 28/11/2019 -
Artificial intelligence in medical physics, quantum computing in silicon and a return to physics in film
Published: 22/11/2019 -
Physics on the silver screen, fictional and real wormholes, a new parlour game
Published: 14/11/2019 -
Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding
Published: 07/11/2019 -
Kites that generate electricity, physics of spattered blood, origin of heavy elements
Published: 31/10/2019 -
Open-access publishing: challenges and opportunities
Published: 24/10/2019 -
Celebrating exoplanets, dogs in space, emotional geography for physicists
Published: 17/10/2019 -
Pioneers of physical cosmology, exoplanets and lithium-ion batteries bag Nobel prizes
Published: 10/10/2019 -
Flashbacks from scientific childhoods, how to give and receive a Nobel prize, clocking blood flow in sickle cell patients
Published: 04/10/2019 -
Open days at CERN, endangered elements, favourite Nobel prizes
Published: 26/09/2019 -
Building a consensus on climate change, the future of our warming oceans, the world beneath our feet
Published: 19/09/2019 -
Battle of the Elements finale, how to succeed in the space industry, a very hot superconductor
Published: 12/09/2019 -
Survival of the fittest quantum states, scrutinizing antihydrogen, physics of chilled drinks
Published: 05/09/2019 -
Freight-train earthquake detectors, ion-trap quantum computers and the “dude wall” diversity problem
Published: 30/08/2019
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.