Physics World Weekly Podcast

Physics World Weekly Podcast


Latest Episodes

COP26 special: energy innovation, sustainable cities and carbon capture
October 28, 2021

Second episode in a two-part series on climate science and solutions

COP26 special: extreme heat, cloud mysteries and climate tipping points
October 28, 2021

First episode in a two-part series on climate science and solutions

Donna Strickland on her life-changing Nobel prize, previewing #BlackInPhysics week, nuclear fusion in stars
October 21, 2021

In this episode we also chat about how to avoid professional burnout

Why nuclear should be part of our net-zero-carbon future, green jobs for physicists, proton arc therapy
October 14, 2021

This podcast looks at how physicists can create a greener world and an emerging cancer treatment

Exploring the science behind the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics, travelling 13,000 km to become a medical physicist
October 07, 2021

In this podcast we speak to a spin-glass expert, a climate physicist and a medical physicist in training

Tackling the big questions in physics with Jim Al-Khalili, how a physicist worked out why dinosaurs went extinct
September 30, 2021

In this podcast we also find out how muons are used to study materials

How the US keeps its nuclear secrets and what it reveals, double anonymous peer review boosts inclusion
September 23, 2021

In this podcast we meet a historian of nuclear weapons and a scholarly publishing expert

Probing the origins of the universe, using plasmonic tweezers to manipulate tiny objects
September 16, 2021

In this podcast we meet a nanophotonics expert and a cosmologist

Pondering cosmic mysteries with Paul Davies, tandem solar cells could soon be on your roof
September 09, 2021

In this podcast the conversation runs from quantum fundamentals to the practicalities to powering the future  

Why fusion power could rely on high-temperature superconductors, China’s ambitious exploration of space
September 02, 2021

In this podcast we chat about the latest science superpower and magnets for tokamaks