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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Why LHCb is so good at discovering tetraquarks, medical sensors that are drawn on the skin

Posted August 20, 2020 • 00:34:17

We also chat about how to prevent the coffee-ring effect

The funny and sinister sides of machine learning, how to make nanoparticles by the tonne

Posted August 13, 2020 • 00:42:42

An artificial-intelligence blogger and a nanotech entrepreneur are our guests this week

Creating new technologies using 2D materials, supernova wreaked havoc on Earth, quantum go versus AI

Posted August 6, 2020 • 00:32:34

Deji Akinwande and Logan Chipkin are our guests this week

How to time quantum tunnelling using atomic stopwatches, fitness trackers could help with breathing disorders

Posted July 30, 2020 • 00:41:04

Huge exoplanets and quantum dots also get a mention in this week’s podcast

A flat-Earth fight, an inconsistent Hubble constant, and carbon atoms at a graphene 'watering hole'

Posted July 23, 2020 • 00:44:36

Debates over the shape of the Earth and the rate of the universe's expansion have a very different feel