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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From quantum curiosity to quantum computers: the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics

Posted October 9, 2025 • 00:33:19

This year’s...

The curious history of Nobel prizes: from lighthouses to gravitational waves

Posted October 2, 2025 • 00:47:09

Next week, the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics will be revealed. In the run-up to the announcement I’m joined in this podcast by my colleague...

Imagining alien worlds: we explore the science and fiction of exoplanets

Posted September 25, 2025 • 00:42:04

In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Many of these exoplanets...