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.
Mikhail Lukin and Dolev Bluvstein explain how they used trapped atoms to create 48 logical qubits
Hartmut Neven talks about Google Quantum AI’s breakthrough in quantum error correction
Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024
How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation
Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist
Top tips for physics outreach from a prize winner, making graphene more sustainable
Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS
How to boost the sustainability of solar cells
Peter Hirst: MIT Sloan Executive Education develops leadership skills in STEM employees
Julia Sutcliffe: chief scientific adviser explains why policymaking must be underpinned by evidence
Data-intensive PhDs at LIV.INNO prepare students for careers outside of academia
Deep connections: why two AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize for Physics
Nobel predictions and humorous encounters with physics laureates
Science thrives on constructive and respectful peer review
Diagnosing and treating disease: how physicists keep you safe during healthcare procedures
Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea
Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise
The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977?
Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society
Quantum sensors monitor brain development in children
Abdus Salam: celebrating a unifying force in global physics
Non-physicists find opportunity in the quantum industry, improving the university experience
Zap Energy targets fusion power without magnets, Claudia de Rham on the beauty of gravity
Diamond dust for MRI, 4D printing creates advanced devices
Precision medicine: meet two medical physicists who are making it possible
Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects
Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager
Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided
A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
Celebrating attosecond science, physics tournament focuses on fun
Artificial intelligence: developing useful tools that scientists can trust
Social media: making it work for physics-related businesses
Environmental sustainability: exploring the challenges for the medical physics community
Purpose-Led Publishing: Antonia Seymour outlines the role of not-for-profit publishers
Statistical physics provides powerful insights into the living world
Science centres inspire scientific literacy and diversity in STEM
Superfluid helium: the quantum curiosity behind huge experiments like the LHC
Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissions
Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusive
Tackling climate change while improving human wellbeing
Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce
Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John Dabiri
Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motion
Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space
The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change
Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainability
Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbers
Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power
Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2023: we explore this year’s best physics research
Why Alice & Bob are making cat qubits, IOP calls for action on net-zero target
Biomedical ethicist calls for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflight
New telecoms satellites will degrade our view of the cosmos
New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
Celebrating the physics of the cosmos and 20 years of JCAP
Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
Quantum algorithms make clever use of noisy hardware
Fusion industry has ambitious plans for 2035, rounding out this year’s Nobel prizes
Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizes
Scanning the seabed with lasers could inform the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Astrophysicist uses X-rays to explore the universe, heat pumps could prevent potholes
Challenging the space industry’s attitudes towards diversity, the ‘wild boar paradox’ explained
Quantum-safe cryptography: why we need it now
Mathematics makes sense of the modern world
Metasurfaces simplify optical sensing systems
LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the test
Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer
Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scanner
Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces
Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization
Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physics
Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality
Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes management
Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to create
Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreach
X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’
Machine learning meets nanotechnology, award-winning implant regulates blood pressure
FASER searches for dark photons at the LHC, and also finds neutrinos
Charting the evolution of scientific measurement over the past century and looking to the future
Portable imaging system targets eye diseases, pondering the mysteries of dark matter
Freeman Dyson: we explore the extraordinary life of the rebel physicist
The folklore of the Milky Way and the future of scholarly books publishing
Quantum technologies promise a secure future for cryptography
Happy World Quantum Day, Fermilab advances quantum science and technology
Quantum research and development thrives in the defence sector
Quantum memories in space: experiments in Earth orbit push the limits of physics
From war-torn Damascus to success as an aviation engineer and pilot, a refugee’s journey
Nonlinear optics: we explore the science and its many applications
Revamping undergraduate physics degrees with a focus on translational skills
Machine learning joins the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Creativity for scientists: how to build an innovation culture in your university, company or research group
The chatbot revolution: how physicists are using large language models in academia
Using radar to detect cosmic neutrinos in ice sheets, why Leo Szilard changed his mind on nuclear weapons
Atomic clocks put Einstein and the Standard Model to the test, UK’s XFEL plans enter design phase
Quantum technologies benefit from the bottom-up approach of synthetic chemistry
Seeking cosmic particles using a super-pressure balloon, the physics of babies
