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

Recent Episodes

Diagnosing and treating disease: how physicists keep you safe during healthcare procedures

Posted September 19, 2024 • 00:38:21

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two medical physicists working at the heart of the UK’s National Health Service...

Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea

Posted September 12, 2024 • 00:37:17

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast we explore two related areas of physics, statistical physics and thermodynamics.

First...

Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise

Posted September 5, 2024 • 00:48:47

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast looks at quantum computing from two different perspectives.

Our first guest is

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

Posted August 29, 2024 • 00:41:05

On the 15th of August, 1977 the Big Ear radio telescope in the US was scanning the skies in a search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life....

Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society

Posted August 22, 2024 • 00:33:36

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast explores how physics can be used as a force for good – helping society address important...