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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David Leckrone on his 33 years with the Hubble Space Telescope mission, Twitter poster conference takes off

Posted July 9, 2020 • 00:50:53

How NASA corrected Hubble’s spherical aberration and other triumphs

The emotions of discovery, the quantum TV thriller Devs, nanosponges take on COVID-19

Posted July 2, 2020 • 00:48:05

We chat about Eureka moments and how quantum mechanics is portrayed on screen

Mailing undergraduate lab experiments to students stuck at home, how to run a physics conference on Zoom

Posted June 25, 2020 • 00:30:17

Physicists explain how they adapted and thrived under COVID-19 restrictions

Neutrons join the battle against COVID-19, firm aims for a million-qubit quantum computer, cyanobacteria power a solar cell

Posted June 18, 2020 • 00:49:58

A neutron scientist, quantum entrepreneur and student contributor join us this week

Why ultrafast is ultra-good for medical imaging, helping children learn physics at home, the Cheerios effect

Posted June 11, 2020 • 00:33:10

The physics of gamma-ray detectors and breakfast cereals