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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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Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space

Posted January 25, 2024 • 00:33:39

SBQuantum is a Canadian company that spun-out of Quebec’s University of Sherbrooke in 2017. It...

The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change

Posted January 18, 2024 • 00:26:48

The Magellanic Clouds are prominent features of the southern sky that are named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. He sailed west from...

Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainability

Posted January 12, 2024 • 00:39:38

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an interview with Henri...

Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbers

Posted January 4, 2024 • 00:25:45

Random numbers are used in several important technologies including cryptography and numerical simulation. However, large sequences of truly random...

Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power

Posted December 14, 2023 • 00:32:11

Paul Howarth is the CEO of UK’s