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 quantum technologists and materials scientists need to talk, lockdown silence is a boon to seismologists

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In this podcast we chat about building better quantum devices and the seismology of human activity

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