Physics World Weekly Podcast

Physics World Weekly Podcast


Latest Episodes

Mikhail Lukin and Dolev Bluvstein explain how they used trapped atoms to create 48 logical qubits
December 19, 2024

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

Hartmut Neven talks about Google Quantum AI’s breakthrough in quantum error correction
December 19, 2024

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

Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024
December 12, 2024

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

How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation
December 05, 2024

Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests

Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist
November 28, 2024

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

Top tips for physics outreach from a prize winner, making graphene more sustainable
November 21, 2024

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

Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS
November 14, 2024

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

How to boost the sustainability of solar cells
November 07, 2024

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

Peter Hirst: MIT Sloan Executive Education develops leadership skills in STEM employees
October 31, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by MIT Sloan School of Management

Julia Sutcliffe: chief scientific adviser explains why policymaking must be underpinned by evidence
October 24, 2024

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