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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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How to boost the sustainability of solar cells

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 31:54 Transcription Available

Roadmap authors look to the future of photovoltaic technologies in this podcast

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Peter Hirst: MIT Sloan Executive Education develops leadership skills in STEM employees

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 36:15 Transcription Available

This podcast is sponsored by MIT Sloan School of Management

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Julia Sutcliffe: chief scientific adviser explains why policymaking must be underpinned by evidence

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 30:54 Transcription Available

Exploring a career in physics, systems engineering and advising the UK's Department for Business and Trade

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Data-intensive PhDs at LIV.INNO prepare students for careers outside of academia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 36:50 Transcription Available

This podcast is sponsored by LIV.INNO, the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data-Intensive Science

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Deep connections: why two AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize for Physics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 28:04 Transcription Available

Our podcast guest is Anil Ananthaswamy, author of Why Machines Learn

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Nobel predictions and humorous encounters with physics laureates

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 30:24 Transcription Available

Physics World editors gaze into their crystal ball and reminisce about past Nobel winners

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Science thrives on constructive and respectful peer review

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 34:49 Transcription Available

Unhelpful or rude feedback can shake the confidence of early career researchers

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Diagnosing and treating disease: how physicists keep you safe during healthcare procedures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 38:21 Transcription Available

Two medical physicists talk about the future of treatment and diagnostic technologies

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Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 37:17 Transcription Available

In this podcast we chat about active matter, artificial intelligence and storm Ciarán

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Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 48:47

Equal1's Elena Blokhina and Harvard's Brandon Grinkemeyer are our guests

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The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 41:05 Transcription Available

This podcast features an astrobiologist who has identified similar radio signals

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Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 33:36 Transcription Available

Our podcast guest is Christophe Rossel, co-author of EPS Grand Challenges

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Quantum sensors monitor brain development in children

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 23:52 Transcription Available

This podcast explores how quantum technologies are revolutionizing medicine

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Abdus Salam: celebrating a unifying force in global physics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 24:34 Transcription Available

Our podcast guests are Claudia de Rham and Ian Walmsley at Imperial College

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Non-physicists find opportunity in the quantum industry, improving the university experience

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 45:20 Transcription Available

We also chat about the 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics

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Zap Energy targets fusion power without magnets, Claudia de Rham on the beauty of gravity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 44:31 Transcription Available

In this podcast we chat about small-scale fusion and a familiar yet mysterious force

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Diamond dust for MRI, 4D printing creates advanced devices

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 36:35 Transcription Available

Mahdi Bodaghi and Jelena Lazovic Zinnanti are our podcast guests

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Precision medicine: meet two medical physicists who are making it possible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 49:23 Transcription Available

Anna Barnes and Nicky Whilde explain how technological advances are enabling precision medicine

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Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 49:48 Transcription Available

This podcast is sponsored by The Shaw Prize Foundation

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Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 31:00 Transcription Available

Stephanie Simmons of Photonic Inc is our podcast guest

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The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 36:23 Transcription Available

This podcast is sponsored by The Kavli Prize

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Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 39:06 Transcription Available

A cryogenics technician and nuclear physicist are our podcast guests

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Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 45:29

Our podcast guests specialize in bridges and coastal infrastructure

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A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 38:25 Transcription Available

Instrumentation scientist Lily Ellis-Gibbings and astrophysicist Alex McDaniel are our guests

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Celebrating attosecond science, physics tournament focuses on fun

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 39:18 Transcription Available

We chat about ultrashort pulses and ultrasharp students in this podcast

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