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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Battle of the Elements winner revealed, Chernobyl revisited, and the quest for metallic hydrogen

Posted July 11, 2019 • 00:43:56

Listen to find out what Physics World readers have crowned the greatest element of them all

Battle of the elements final showdown, machine learning and musical amino acids

Posted July 4, 2019 • 00:44:38

Physics World editors state the case for the greatest element of them all

Talking about black holes

Posted April 10, 2019 • 00:27:03

Michael Banks and Tushna Commissariat discuss the scientific implications of our new ability to "see" black holes

Discussing the mystery of life with Paul Davies, plus new catalogues of topological materials

Posted February 28, 2019 • 00:28:05

Paul Davies on the new science of life and a round-up of the week’s research news highlights

Big questions in astronomy and debating the value of an LHC successor

Posted February 7, 2019 • 00:49:05

Cosmologist Jo Dunkley discusses her new book Our Universe: an Astronomer’s Guide