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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 might span anything from quantum physics and…

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    • Oct 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Quantum computing and AI join forces for particle physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 25:10


    We explore how new computing technologies could guide future LHC experiments

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    Astronauts could soon benefit from dissolvable eye insert

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 41:47 Transcription Available


    A solution to microgravity-related vision problems is the topic of this week's podcast

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    From quantum curiosity to quantum computers: the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 33:19 Transcription Available


    Quantum physicist and entrepreneur Ilana Wisby on the legacy of this year's laureates

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    The curious history of Nobel prizes: from lighthouses to gravitational waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 47:09 Transcription Available


    In this podcast we also make predictions for this year's physics award

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    Imagining alien worlds: we explore the science and fiction of exoplanets

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 42:04 Transcription Available


    Keith Cooper chats about has new book in this podcast

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    Peer review in the age of artificial intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 28:22 Transcription Available


    Global survey of reviewers reveals a growing polarization about the use of AI

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    Juno: the spacecraft that is revolutionizing our understanding of Jupiter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 36:22 Transcription Available


    PI Scott Bolton talks about the mission's discoveries and endurance in this podcast

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    Artificial intelligence predicts future directions in quantum science

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 36:59 Transcription Available


    This podcast explains what happens when 66,000 research papers are used as training data  

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    From a laser lab to The Economist: physicist Jason Palmer on his move to journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 41:10


    This podcast explores a career in science writing and broadcasting

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    Cosmic chemistry: Ewine van Dishoeck shares her zeal for astrochemistry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 36:07 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is a Kavli Prize in Astrophysics laureate

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    Building a quantum powerhouse in the US Midwest

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 47:53 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guests are Preeti Chalsani and David Awschalom

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    Building a career from a passion for science communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 38:13 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is Kirsty McGhee of the quantum software company Qruise

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    Third age careers for physicists: writing and the arts beckon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 45:40 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is Michael Albrow, scientist emeritus at Fermilab

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    From rabbits and foxes to the human gut microbiome, physics is helping us understand the natural world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 40:28 Transcription Available


    A conversation about theoretical ecology with physicists Ada Altieri and Silvia De Monte

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    Oak Ridge's Quantum Science Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to developing quantum materials and technologies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 39:02 Transcription Available


    This podcast features Oak Ridge's Travis Humble

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    Inside ATLAS: Sara Alderweireldt explains how the CERN experiment homes in on new physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 19:06 Transcription Available


    This podcast also looks at the high-luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider

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    Making science careers more accessible to people with disabilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 32:33 Transcription Available


    This podcast features Francesca Doddato, co-author of “Towards a fully inclusive environment for disabled people in STEMM”

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    Reversible computing could help solve AI's looming energy crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 27:03 Transcription Available


    Hannah Earley of Vaire Computing is our podcast guest

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    Helgoland: leading scientists reflect on 100 years of quantum physics and look to the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 37:07 Transcription Available


    This podcast comes from the birthplace of modern quantum mechanics

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    Exploring careers in healthcare for physicists and engineers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 25:32


    Meet two early-career medical physicists in this podcast

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    Richard Bond and George Efstathiou: meet the astrophysicists who are shaping our understanding of the early universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 55:03 Transcription Available


    Our podcasts guests are the 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winners

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    Teaching quantum physics to everyone: pictures offer a new way of understanding

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 35:27 Transcription Available


    We talk about a new way of describing quantum mechanics

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    A Martian aurora, how the universe fades away, Heisenberg on holiday, physics of fake coins

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 42:23 Transcription Available


    Physics World editors talk about what's new in physics  

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    Quantum computing for artists, musicians and game designers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 32:44 Transcription Available


    James Wootton of Moth Quantum is our podcast guest

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    Molecular engineering and battery recycling: developing new technologies in quantum, medicine and energy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 35:31 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guests are Nadya Mason and Jeffrey Spangenberger

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    Ferenc Krausz explains how ultrashort laser pulses could help detect disease

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 30:36


    Nobel laureate also talks about science education for children displaced by war

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    Driving skills and innovation in the UK's semiconductor industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 33:52 Transcription Available


    This podcast features the director of Swansea's Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials

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    Radiosurgery made easy: the role of the Gamma Knife in modern radiotherapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 32:14 Transcription Available


    This podcast is sponsored by Elekta

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    Non-invasive pressure sensor could revolutionize how brain injuries are diagnosed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 26:28 Transcription Available


     Panicos Kyriacou of UK-based Crainio is our podcast guest

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    William Phillips: Nobel laureate talks about his passion for quantum physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 63:22 Transcription Available


    Laser-cooling expert looks to the future of quantum technologies

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    Microsoft's Chetan Nayak on topological qubits, the physics of bigger splashes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 32:15


    Manu jumping and Majorana zero modes feature in this podcast

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    Artur Ekert explains how Albert Einstein and John Bell inspired quantum cryptography

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 55:00 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is the theoretical crypto-physicist Artur Ekert

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    Ionizing radiation: its biological impacts and how it is used to treat disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 37:49 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guests are NPL's Ileana Silvestre Patallo and Ruth McLauchlan of the NHS

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    New materials for quantum technology, how ultrasound can help detect breast cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 35:16 Transcription Available


    NPL's Daniel Sarno and IIT Bombay's Bhaskaran Muralidharan are our guests

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    Exploring CERN: Physics World visits the world's leading particle-physics lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 28:38 Transcription Available


    Margaret Harris reports back about LHC upgrades, antimatter advances and future colliders

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    Jim Gates updates his theorist's bucket list and surveys the damage being done to US science and society

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 47:06 Transcription Available


    The theoretical physicist and media personality is our podcast guest

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    Quantum superstars gather in Paris for the IYQ 2025 opening ceremony

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 27:23 Transcription Available


    In this podcast Physics World's Matin Durrani describes the gala event

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    How the changing environment affects solar-panel efficiency: the Indian perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 26:16 Transcription Available


    Climate scientist Sushovan Ghosh is our podcast guest

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    Mark Thomson looks to the future of CERN and particle physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 38:50 Transcription Available


    CERN's next director-general is our podcast guest

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    Why electrochemistry lies at the heart of modern technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 35:17 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is Colm O'Dwyer, president of the Electrochemical Society

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    Ceryx Medical: company uses bioelectronics to coordinate the heart and lungs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 41:33 Transcription Available


    Biomedical engineer Stuart Plant and physicist Ashok Chauhan are our podcast guests    

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    Humanitarian engineering can improve cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 48:08 Transcription Available


    The medical physicists Eric Ford and Afua Yorke are our podcast guests

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    International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: our celebrations begin with a look at quantum networks and sensors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 37:06 Transcription Available


    This podcast features quantum physicist Mete Atatüre of the University of Cambridge

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    The physics of ice cream: food scientist Douglas Goff talks about this remarkable material

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 40:39 Transcription Available


    Our podcast guest is a leading expert on frozen desserts

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    Mikhail Lukin and Dolev Bluvstein explain how they used trapped atoms to create 48 logical qubits

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 39:18 Transcription Available


    Meet two winners of the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year

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    Hartmut Neven talks about Google Quantum AI's breakthrough in quantum error correction

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 32:50 Transcription Available


    Meet a winner of the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year

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    Exploring this year's best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 28:24 Transcription Available


    Lively chat about antimatter, medical physics, quantum computing, lasers and more

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    How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 27:54 Transcription Available


    Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests

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    Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 36:44 Transcription Available


    This podcast also looks at the connections between clouds and global warming

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    Top tips for physics outreach from a prize winner, making graphene more sustainable

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 34:53 Transcription Available


    This podcast features an advanced-materials expert and a prizewinning science communicator

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    Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 53:53 Transcription Available


    We chat to a radiation oncologist and two atomic-clock experts

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