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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Celebrating Black physicists

Posted October 29, 2020 • 00:36:28

Two of the co-organizers of #BlackInPhysics week, Ashley Walker and Xandria Quichocho, talk about their journeys into physics and some of the barriers...

Room-temperature superconductor arrives at last, a dark-matter detector mystery

Posted October 22, 2020 • 00:36:22

Superconductor expert Ranga Dias and particle theorist Jayden Newstead are our guests this week

Pathways to scalable quantum technologies

Posted October 15, 2020 • 00:41:26

Jelena Vučković and Michelle Simmons talk about their careers and drive to create practical quantum devices

Black holes: celebrating the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics

Posted October 8, 2020 • 00:30:34

Why Andrea Ghez, Reinhard Genzel and Roger Penrose bagged this year’s award

Why Google builds quantum computers, the LGBT+ experience in physics, CERN’s carbon footprint

Posted October 1, 2020 • 00:46:02

Sergio Boixo, Ramon Barthelemy and Kate Ravilious are our guests this week