Physics World Weekly Podcast

Ceryx Medical: company uses bioelectronics to coordinate the heart and lungs 16.01.2025 41:33 ↓

Biomedical engineer Stuart Plant and physicist Ashok Chauhan are our podcast guests    

Humanitarian engineering can improve cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries 09.01.2025 48:08 ↓

The medical physicists Eric Ford and Afua Yorke are our podcast guests

International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: our celebrations begin with a look at quantum networks and sensors 02.01.2025 37:06 ↓

This podcast features quantum physicist Mete Atatüre of the University of Cambridge

The physics of ice cream: food scientist Douglas Goff talks about this remarkable material 26.12.2024 40:39 ↓

Our podcast guest is a leading expert on frozen desserts

Mikhail Lukin and Dolev Bluvstein explain how they used trapped atoms to create 48 logical qubits 19.12.2024 39:18 ↓

Meet two winners of the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year

Hartmut Neven talks about Google Quantum AI’s breakthrough in quantum error correction 19.12.2024 32:50 ↓

Meet a winner of the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year

Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024 12.12.2024 28:24 ↓

Lively chat about antimatter, medical physics, quantum computing, lasers and more

How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation 05.12.2024 27:54 ↓

Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests

Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist 28.11.2024 36:44 ↓

This podcast also looks at the connections between clouds and global warming

Top tips for physics outreach from a prize winner, making graphene more sustainable 21.11.2024 34:53 ↓

This podcast features an advanced-materials expert and a prizewinning science communicator

Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS 14.11.2024 53:53 ↓

We chat to a radiation oncologist and two atomic-clock experts

How to boost the sustainability of solar cells 07.11.2024 31:54 ↓

Roadmap authors look to the future of photovoltaic technologies in this podcast

Peter Hirst: MIT Sloan Executive Education develops leadership skills in STEM employees 31.10.2024 36:15 ↓

This podcast is sponsored by MIT Sloan School of Management

Julia Sutcliffe: chief scientific adviser explains why policymaking must be underpinned by evidence 24.10.2024 30:54 ↓

Exploring a career in physics, systems engineering and advising the UK's Department for Business and Trade

Data-intensive PhDs at LIV.INNO prepare students for careers outside of academia 17.10.2024 36:50 ↓

This podcast is sponsored by LIV.INNO, the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data-Intensive Science

Deep connections: why two AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize for Physics 10.10.2024 28:04 ↓

Our podcast guest is Anil Ananthaswamy, author of Why Machines Learn

Nobel predictions and humorous encounters with physics laureates 03.10.2024 30:24 ↓

Physics World editors gaze into their crystal ball and reminisce about past Nobel winners

Science thrives on constructive and respectful peer review 24.09.2024 34:49 ↓

Unhelpful or rude feedback can shake the confidence of early career researchers

Diagnosing and treating disease: how physicists keep you safe during healthcare procedures 19.09.2024 38:21 ↓

Two medical physicists talk about the future of treatment and diagnostic technologies

Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea 12.09.2024 37:17 ↓

In this podcast we chat about active matter, artificial intelligence and storm Ciarán

Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise 05.09.2024 48:47 ↓

Equal1’s Elena Blokhina and Harvard’s Brandon Grinkemeyer are our guests

The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977? 29.08.2024 41:05 ↓

This podcast features an astrobiologist who has identified similar radio signals

Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society 22.08.2024 33:36 ↓

Our podcast guest is Christophe Rossel, co-author of EPS Grand Challenges

Quantum sensors monitor brain development in children 15.08.2024 23:52 ↓

This podcast explores how quantum technologies are revolutionizing medicine

Abdus Salam: celebrating a unifying force in global physics 08.08.2024 24:34 ↓

Our podcast guests are Claudia de Rham and Ian Walmsley at Imperial College