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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Cold atoms, a cosmic cold spot, and a tale of Cold War espionage

Posted February 20, 2020 • 00:39:02

The Physics World team takes a walk on the cold side in this week’s podcast

Conspiracy theories, smartphone apps for identifying skin cancer, classical time crystals

Posted February 13, 2020 • 00:29:39

We also chat about lotus-leaf shapes in this episode of our weekly podcast

Solar physics, the quantum term that needs replacing and the acoustics of concert halls

Posted February 6, 2020 • 00:35:52

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Boosting infrared spectroscopy, making complexity a descriptive science, artificial intelligence in medical physics

Posted January 30, 2020 • 00:39:15

Our weekly podcast also tackles the thorny issue of graphene standards

Debating the 'quantum bottleneck', a fictional Spanish physicist and the science of synchronized pendulums

Posted January 23, 2020 • 00:49:14

The podcast team discusses careers for physicists, quantum hype and the best way to honour "hidden figures" in science history