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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Remembering Philip Anderson, meeting an extragalactic astronomer who advises the government

Posted April 2, 2020 • 00:40:51

In this episode we also chat about physicists who have done silly things

Doing physics in the pandemic, plasmas for food and agriculture, top career tips from leading physicists

Posted March 26, 2020 • 00:32:49

We chat about using plasmas to treat animal waste and coping with COVID-19 isolation

Physics joins the fight against the coronavirus, philosophical differences of physics and chemistry, escape to an exotic exoplanet

Posted March 19, 2020 • 00:41:41

This week’s podcast is a homemade affair

Harnessing the power of the oceans, careers tips, and a close look at terahertz technologies

Posted March 12, 2020 • 00:29:14

The podcast team discusses power from waves, careers advice for physics graduates and the many applications of terahertz waves

Coronavirus hits the conference calendar, physicists excel in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge, remembering Freeman Dyson

Posted March 5, 2020 • 00:53:17

In this podcast episode we ask if online virtual meetings are the future for physics conferences