Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World
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 astronomy through to materials science, environmental research and policy, and biomedical science and technology. Find out more about the stories in this podcast by visiting the Physics World website. If you enjoy what you hear, then also check out our monthly podcast Physics World Stories, which takes a more in-depth look at a specific theme.
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 astronomy through to materials science, environmental research and policy, and biomedical science and technology. Find out more about the stories in this podcast by visiting the Physics World website. If you enjoy what you hear, then also check out our monthly podcast Physics World Stories, which takes a more in-depth look at a specific theme.
From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals
Epizodes
Marge Ryan of Johnson Matthey is our podcast guest
Quantum experiment is controlled from thousands of kilometres away
Quantum pioneer calls for more investment in Europe’s quantum industries
Neutrino expert Kirsty Duffy is our podcast guest
We chat about the Nobel Prize in Physics in this podcast
Nick Zacharopoulos, CEO of Aktina Medical, is our podcast guest
The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest
Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest
Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests
This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people
Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest
Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information
Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest
Laura Feetham-Walker of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Theoretical physicist Stephen Whitelam is our podcast guest
Podcast interview also explores concerns about recent funding cuts to fundamental physics research in the UK
Jacob John of the UK Atomic Energy Authority is our podcast guest
Florence Concepcion of Aquark Technologies is our podcast guest
Our podcast guest develops technologies for proteomics
Our podcast guest began her career with a BSc in applied mathematics and physics
Medical physicist, inventor and entrepreneur Brian Pogue is our podcast guest
The company’s sustainability lead Liz Martin is our podcast guest
British politician talks about the importance of physicists and physics education
Systems governed by chemistry and physics, not biology, can behave in surprisingly lifelike ways, as Giorgio Volpe, Rob Malinowski and Joe Forth explain
Impulsonics’ “surround sound” technology frees-up living cells
LHCb spokesperson-elect Tim Gershon is our podcast guest
Bert de Jong of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is our podcast guest
Aerospace engineer Rahil Makadia on the danger of asteroid “keyholes”
Computer scientist Amanda Randles is our podcast guest
Medical physicist Todd McNutt is our podcast guest
Plasma physicist Debbie Callahan is our podcast guest
This podcast features Tim Prior and John Devaney of the National Physical Laboratory
Our podcast guest is Alex May of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
CGI pioneer Pat Hanrahan is our podcast guest
This podcast features a winner of the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year
Lively chat about exoplanet weather, proton arc therapy, 2D metals and more
Tim Hsieh of the Perimeter Institute is our podcast guest
Bianca Dittrich of the Perimeter Institute is our podcast guest
Do Aliens Speak Physics? author Daniel Whiteson is our podcast guest
The author of Physics Around the Clock is our podcast guest
We report from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum
This podcast features Antonio Rossi at the Italian Institute of Technology