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Listen to Physics World Weekly Podcast, a Science & Medicine podcast by Physics World. Stream 115 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals
Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing
Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest
How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science
Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics
This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information
Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars
Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon
Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy
Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics
The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest
Open data: the benefits and challenges of sharing a precious resource
Laura Feetham-Walker of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy
Theoretical physicist Stephen Whitelam is our podcast guest
Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society
Podcast interview also explores concerns about recent funding cuts to fundamental physics research in the UK
Near-oxymoronic requirements: the materials challenges of fusion energy
Jacob John of the UK Atomic Energy Authority is our podcast guest
Quantum sensors benefit from miniaturized ultrahigh vacuum
The quantum-technology sector is burgeoning, but challenges remain when it comes to creating viable commercial products. While quantum senso...
Proteins on manuscript reveal how Renaissance medicines were made
Gleb Zilberstein is my guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast. A physicist by training, Zilberstein applies the principle...
Backing winners in deep tech: physicist and venture capitalist Alexandra Vidyuk
The physicist and venture capitalist Alexandra Vidyuk is our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast. She is the chief exe...
Biomedical optics play crucial roles across medicine
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Brian Pogue , who is professor of biomedical engineering at Dartmouth College in t...
How IOP Publishing cut its carbon footprint by 36% since 2020
My guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is Liz Martin , who is sustainability lead at IOP Publishing . We chat about ho...