Physics World Weekly Podcast
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.
Episódios
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Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D 10.09.2026 22minMarco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest -
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI 03.09.2026 57minCareer 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 41minThis podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible 20.08.2026 35minOur podcast guest makes science videos for young people -
Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals 14.08.2026 47minSocial scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests -
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing 06.08.2026 35minYonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest -
How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science 30.07.2026 35minAntonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest -
Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics 23.07.2026 40minThis podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information -
Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars 16.07.2026 38minAerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest -
Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon 09.07.2026 19minSoft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest -
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy 25.06.2026 29minOur podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics -
Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy 18.06.2026 48minPair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis -
‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics 11.06.2026 30minLaureate 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 30minThe 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 25minLaura Feetham-Walker of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest -
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy 21.05.2026 37minTheoretical 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 36minPodcast 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 32minJacob John of the UK Atomic Energy Authority is our podcast guest -
Quantum sensors benefit from miniaturized ultrahigh vacuum 23.04.2026 26minFlorence Concepcion of Aquark Technologies is our podcast guest -
Proteins on manuscript reveal how Renaissance medicines were made 16.04.2026 49minOur podcast guest develops technologies for proteomics
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