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

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Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce

Posted February 29, 2024 • 00:28:39

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows great promise for use in radiology, which involves the use of medical imaging to diagnose and treat disease. Integrating...

Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest

Posted February 22, 2024 • 00:39:43

Late last year the Particle...

Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John Dabiri

Posted February 15, 2024 • 00:25:08

Jellyfish have a very simple, yet very effective way of swimming – and this has attracted the attention of the aeronautics engineer

Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage

Posted February 8, 2024 • 00:36:19

Hydrogen can be used as a carbon-free source of energy in a wide range of applications including home heating, transportation and industry. However,...

MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motion

Posted February 1, 2024 • 00:29:16

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and proton beam therapy are two powerful techniques of medical physics. The former gives us real-time images of internal...