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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Recent Episodes

Celebrating 10 years of the Physics World Book of the Year

Posted November 28, 2019 • 00:44:41

We review some of our favourite books of the last decade

Artificial intelligence in medical physics, quantum computing in silicon and a return to physics in film

Posted November 22, 2019 • 00:43:38

The podcast team explores a few of the ways that advances in computing (classical and quantum) are shaping the direction of physics research

Physics on the silver screen, fictional and real wormholes, a new parlour game

Posted November 14, 2019 • 00:41:59

Lively chat about the long and fruitful relationship between physicists and moviemakers

Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding

Posted November 7, 2019 • 00:29:22

This week's podcast features a former television star who is a fusion entrepreneur

Kites that generate electricity, physics of spattered blood, origin of heavy elements

Posted October 31, 2019 • 00:39:23

We meet a physicist who wants to deliver green energy using kites, and more