Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World
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.
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237 - Atomic clocks put Einstein and the Standard Model to the test, UK’s XFEL plans enter design phaseThu, 02 Feb 2023 - 0h
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236 - Quantum technologies benefit from the bottom-up approach of synthetic chemistryThu, 26 Jan 2023 - 0h
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235 - Seeking cosmic particles using a super-pressure balloon, the physics of babiesThu, 19 Jan 2023 - 0h
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234 - New directions in environmental health and ecology, innovation in science and technology is waningThu, 12 Jan 2023 - 0h
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233 - Nuclear waste: how environmental radiochemistry is improving storage and site remediationThu, 05 Jan 2023 - 0h
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232 - How to deflect an asteroid: DART’s Andrew Cheng on the Physics World Breakthrough of the YearThu, 15 Dec 2022 - 0h
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231 - Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2022: we explore this year’s best physics researchThu, 08 Dec 2022 - 0h
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230 - The physics of car crashes and the winners of the Institute of Physics Business AwardsFri, 02 Dec 2022 - 0h
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229 - Synchrotrons and space telescopes: looking to the future of big scienceThu, 24 Nov 2022 - 0h
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228 - Meteorites and magnetostrophic mathematics reveal unsung scientific heroes of the pastThu, 17 Nov 2022 - 0h
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227 - Artificial intelligence boosts multimessenger astronomy, ‘Quantum on the Clock’ winnersThu, 10 Nov 2022 - 0h
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226 - Finding commercial success in the burgeoning quantum-technology sectorThu, 03 Nov 2022 - 0h
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225 - Celebrating joy in #BlackInPhysics week, open-access publishing supports climate justiceThu, 27 Oct 2022 - 0h
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224 - Sand battery stores renewable energy, the economics of domestic heat pumps and solar panelsThu, 20 Oct 2022 - 0h
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223 - Nuclear forensics keeps tabs on radioactive materials, big science summer school launches in SpainThu, 13 Oct 2022 - 0h
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222 - The weird and wonderful history of quantum entanglement that led to this year’s Nobel prizeThu, 06 Oct 2022 - 0h
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221 - Start-up company aims to build laser-driven particle acceleratorsThu, 29 Sep 2022 - 0h
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220 - Materials science for women’s health, the rise of Chinese science, Schrödinger fails in OxfordThu, 22 Sep 2022 - 0h
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219 - Quantum computers could soon bring breakthroughs in nuclear physicsThu, 15 Sep 2022 - 0h
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218 - Meet an engineer who blows things up to help preserve lives and propertyThu, 08 Sep 2022 - 0h
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217 - Brain–computer interfaces offer hope to those with neurological disorders and injuriesThu, 01 Sep 2022 - 0h
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216 - UK’s Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics bridges the gap between science and commercial research and developmentThu, 25 Aug 2022 - 0h
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215 - Roasting New Mexico chile with a solar concentrator, Diamond: The Game simulates research at a synchrotron labThu, 18 Aug 2022 - 0h
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214 - Building a science centre that will inspire local communities, musing over first lines in science booksThu, 11 Aug 2022 - 0h
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213 - Artificial muscles offer a route to greener air conditioning, breakthroughs in semiconductor physics and hidden consciousnessThu, 04 Aug 2022 - 0h
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212 - Celebrating the life of the pioneering nuclear physicist Gertrude GoldhaberThu, 28 Jul 2022 - 0h
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211 - Bountiful exotic hadrons at the LHC inspire new naming conventionFri, 22 Jul 2022 - 0h
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210 - Projectile fusion offers new path to clean energy, quantum communications for alien civilizationsThu, 14 Jul 2022 - 0h
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209 - How we know climate change causes extreme weather, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Higgs-boson discoveryThu, 07 Jul 2022 - 0h
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208 - How climate change is affecting human and natural systems, test your knowledge of artificial intelligenceThu, 30 Jun 2022 - 0h
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207 - Prize-winning AI research, bringing machine learning tools into the radiotherapy clinicThu, 23 Jun 2022 - 0h
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206 - Seeking the warm glow of the Unruh effect, reconfigurable hardware drives innovation in test and measurementThu, 16 Jun 2022 - 0h
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205 - Using social media to turn people on to physics, vacuum supplier sets science-based targets for greenhouse gas reductionsThu, 09 Jun 2022 - 0h
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204 - Quantum-computing company focuses on quantum simulation for industry, celebrating the International Year of GlassThu, 02 Jun 2022 - 0h
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203 - Asking the big questions in the philosophy of physics and quantum biologyThu, 26 May 2022 - 0h
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202 - Black-hole physics and that iconic ‘shadow’ image, balloons and rockets probe the atmosphere’s acoustic ductThu, 19 May 2022 - 0h
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201 - Boosting the prospects of PhD students before and after graduationThu, 12 May 2022 - 0h
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200 - Ukraine’s stained-glass heritage shines throughThu, 05 May 2022 - 0h
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199 - Radiation detectors could help find ancient buildings and dinosaur bonesThu, 28 Apr 2022 - 0h
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198 - Electron rain is driven to Earth by whistler waves, carbon nanotubes encapsulate explosive nitrogenThu, 21 Apr 2022 - 0h
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197 - Measuring gravity outdoors using a quantum gas, breakthroughs in materials processing and particle physicsThu, 14 Apr 2022 - 0h
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196 - Quantum computing meets machine learning, how motorsport could save the planetThu, 07 Apr 2022 - 0h
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195 - Neutron capture destroys tumours from the inside, dead stars are born again, commercializing quantum sensorsThu, 31 Mar 2022 - 0h
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194 - Solar geoengineering is a ‘fire extinguisher’ for global warming, shark’s skin inspires underwater vehiclesThu, 24 Mar 2022 - 0h
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193 - Closest black hole is really a vampire star, augmented reality comes to prescription eyeglassesThu, 17 Mar 2022 - 0h
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192 - Laser-powered photonic circuits drive displays, double-anonymous peer review takes on gender bias, International Year of Glass hits its strideThu, 10 Mar 2022 - 0h
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191 - Tracking space junk around the Moon, one teacher’s struggle to correct textbook errorsThu, 03 Mar 2022 - 0h
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190 - Start-up simulates quantum photonics devices, a physicist’s experience of the mental-health systemThu, 24 Feb 2022 - 0h
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189 - Time crystals go large, challenges of quantum optimization, physics careers in 2022Thu, 17 Feb 2022 - 0h
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188 - Ion-based quantum computers could boost battery performance, how fuel cells are decarbonizing energyThu, 10 Feb 2022 - 0h
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