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

Inspiring young children to careers in science, the physics and economics of heat pumps

Posted April 1, 2021 • 00:40:33

This podcast features education specialist Carol Davenport and our industry columnist James McKenzie

Finding silicon’s Holy Grail at long last, how to recognize and prevent ‘publication misconduct’

Posted March 25, 2021 • 00:43:41

We also talk about that new particle at CERN in this week’s podcast

Artist draws on her physics background for inspiration, improving proton therapy for better cancer care

Posted March 18, 2021 • 00:35:07

This podcast features an artist who collaborates with physicists and a medical accelerator expert

Meteorite hunters find fireball fragments in England, CERN collider has discovered 59 new hadrons

Posted March 11, 2021 • 00:42:11

Scientists race against time to find pristine meteorites and what exotic hadrons could tell us about the nature of the strong force

The race to discover superheavy elements, a dinosaur killer and other visitors from outer space

Posted March 4, 2021 • 00:41:37

In this week’s podcast we chat about making new isotopes and what to do if you find a meteorite