100 episodes

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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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.

    Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects

    Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects

    This podcast is sponsored by The Shaw Prize Foundation

    • 49 min
    Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing

    Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing

    Stephanie Simmons of Photonic Inc is our podcast guest

    • 31 min
    The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager

    The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager

    This podcast is sponsored by The Kavli Prize

    • 36 min
    Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons

    Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons

    A cryogenics technician and nuclear physicist are our podcast guests

    • 39 min
    Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided

    Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided

    Our podcast guests specialize in bridges and coastal infrastructure

    • 45 min
    A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies

    A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies

    Instrumentation scientist Lily Ellis-Gibbings and astrophysicist Alex McDaniel are our guests

    • 38 min

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