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

How gravitational waves could reveal flaws in a black-hole theorem, satellites lead an agricultural revolution

Posted February 25, 2021 • 00:43:47

This week’s podcast features black-hole and satellite-imaging experts

Quantum-enabled scanner will boost our understanding of brain function, doing research 6.5 km under the ocean’s surface

Posted February 18, 2021 • 00:49:21

In this week’s podcast we also talk about the cold snap in Texas

How sidewinder snakes slither sideways, the challenges of creating sustainable infrastructure

Posted February 11, 2021 • 00:38:01

This week’s podcast features a snake locomotion expert and a sustainable infrastructure specialist are on the podcast this week

Quantum mechanics and human consciousness, developing technologies for brain-inspired computation

Posted February 4, 2021 • 00:27:52

A neuroinformatics expert and a quantum biophysicist are our guests on the podcast this week

Nanophotonic biosensor tests for COVID-19, hot topics in medical physics

Posted January 28, 2021 • 00:32:57

The editor-in-chief of Physics in Medicine and Biology and a nanobiosensor expert are our guests this week