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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Solar physics, the quantum term that needs replacing and the acoustics of concert halls

Posted February 6, 2020 • 00:35:52

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Boosting infrared spectroscopy, making complexity a descriptive science, artificial intelligence in medical physics

Posted January 30, 2020 • 00:39:15

Our weekly podcast also tackles the thorny issue of graphene standards

Debating the 'quantum bottleneck', a fictional Spanish physicist and the science of synchronized pendulums

Posted January 23, 2020 • 00:49:14

The podcast team discusses careers for physicists, quantum hype and the best way to honour "hidden figures" in science history

Solar cooking, an ultrasound success story, and why some business models just don’t work out

Posted January 16, 2020 • 00:42:02

In this week's podcast, we take a look at solar cookers, hear from an ultrasound start-up and chat about some bad business models

Looking forward to a new decade of physics, listening to graphene-based headphones

Posted January 9, 2020 • 00:41:50

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