Near-oxymoronic requirements: the materials challenges of fusion energy
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun, and scientists and engineers have long been trying to harness the process to generate clean energy. While muc...
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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...
From the classroom to the committee room: Dave Robertson MP on politics and physics
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with Dave Robertson , who was elected member of the UK parliament f...
Droplet scientists push the boundary between living and non-living matter
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we hear from a trio of scientists with a common interest in the physics of droplets. Sp...
Ultrasound system solves the ‘unsticking problem’ in biomedical research
“Surround sound for biological cells,” is how Luke Cox describes the ultrasound technology that Impulsonics has developed to solve the “unst...
LHCb upgrade: CERN collaboration responds to UK funding cut
Later this year, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its huge experiments will shutdown for the High Luminosity upgrade. When complete in...
Quantum Systems Accelerator focuses on technologies for computing
Developing practical technologies for quantum information systems requires the cooperation of academic researchers, national laboratories an...
Asteroid deflection: why we need to get it right the first time
Science fiction became science fact in 2022 when NASA’s DART mission took the first steps towards creating a planetary defence system that c...
Physics‑based simulations help diagnose and treat disease
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Amanda Randles , who is a computer scientist and biomedical engineer at Duke Unive...
AI-based tool improves the quality of radiation therapy plans for cancer treatment
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Todd McNutt , who is a medical physicist at Johns Hopkins University and the found...
Laser fusion: Focused Energy charts a course to commercial viability
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with the plasma physicist Debbie Callahan who is chief strategy off...
Quantum metrology at NPL: we explore the challenges and opportunities
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with Tim Prior and John Devaney of the National Physical Laboratory...
Quantum information theory sheds light on quantum gravity
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Alex May , whose research explores the intersection of quantum gravity and quantum...
Oscar-winning computer scientist on the physics of computer animation
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Pat Hanrahan , who studied nuclear engineering and biophysics before becoming a fo...
How to make 2D metals: Guangyu Zhang on his team’s award-winning research
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Guangyu Zhang. Along with his colleagues at the Institute of Physics of the Chines...
Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2025
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a lively discussion about our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2025, which include importan...
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