Physics World Weekly Podcast

Physics World

Държава Обединено кралство

Жанрове Технология, Наука, Физика

Език EN-GB

Епизоди 100

Последен 17.09.2026

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.

Епизоди

Creating better batteries for electricity grids 17.09.2026 22мин

The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest
Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D 10.09.2026 22мин

Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI 03.09.2026 57мин

Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests
Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions 27.08.2026 41мин

This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible 20.08.2026 35мин

Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people
Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals 14.08.2026 47мин

Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing 06.08.2026 35мин

Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest
How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science 30.07.2026 35мин

Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics 23.07.2026 40мин

This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information
Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars 16.07.2026 38мин

Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon 09.07.2026 19мин

Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy 25.06.2026 29мин

Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy 18.06.2026 48мин

Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics 11.06.2026 30мин

Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics 04.06.2026 30мин

The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest
Open data: the benefits and challenges of sharing a precious resource 28.05.2026 25мин

Laura Feetham-Walker of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy 21.05.2026 37мин

Theoretical physicist Stephen Whitelam is our podcast guest
Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society 14.05.2026 36мин

Podcast interview also explores concerns about recent funding cuts to fundamental physics research in the UK
Near-oxymoronic requirements: the materials challenges of fusion energy 07.05.2026 32мин

Jacob John of the UK Atomic Energy Authority is our podcast guest
Quantum sensors benefit from miniaturized ultrahigh vacuum 23.04.2026 26мин

Florence Concepcion of Aquark Technologies is our podcast guest