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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How the US keeps its nuclear secrets and what it reveals, double anonymous peer review boosts inclusion

Posted September 23, 2021 • 00:40:22

In this podcast we meet a historian of nuclear weapons and a scholarly publishing expert

Probing the origins of the universe, using plasmonic tweezers to manipulate tiny objects

Posted September 16, 2021 • 00:45:13

In this podcast we meet a nanophotonics expert and a cosmologist

Pondering cosmic mysteries with Paul Davies, tandem solar cells could soon be on your roof

Posted September 9, 2021 • 00:52:34

In this podcast the conversation runs from quantum fundamentals to the practicalities to powering the future

Why fusion power could rely on high-temperature superconductors, China’s ambitious exploration of space

Posted September 2, 2021 • 00:33:45

In this podcast we chat about the latest science superpower and magnets for tokamaks

How to build an artificial brain, future is bright for hybrid perovskite solar cells

Posted August 26, 2021 • 00:43:12

In this podcast we also look at the physics of rollercoasters