# Physics World Weekly Podcast A podcast by 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. Feed: https://physicsworld.com/feed/podcast-weekly/ ## Latest episodes - [Theorists use cloud-based Bose–Einstein condensate to study tunnelling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/c3834ea35493) (2026-10-22, 26 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly22Oct2026CloudBEC.mp3 - [Ignacio Cirac: Newton Medal winner looks to the future of quantum technology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/67e6fa2d19c0) (2026-10-15, 31 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly15Oct2026IgnacioCirac.mp3 - [Francis Halzen and IceCube: why neutrinos keep attracting Nobel prizes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/52af3d55a75f) (2026-10-08, 49 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly8Oct2026IceCubeNobel.mp3 - [Nobel predictions, national firsts and the remarkable story of CV Raman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/4f98d9191769) (2026-10-01, 50 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly1Oct2026NobelSizzle.mp3 - [Pathways to commercial and academic success in medical physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/4f1d2147a9b4) (2026-09-24, 32 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly23Sept2026Nick_Zacharopoulos.mp3 - [Creating better batteries for electricity grids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/2f08ea7c819e) (2026-09-17, 23 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly17Sept2026LinMaBatteries.mp3 - [Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/d9bfe0d5d036) (2026-09-10, 23 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly10Sept2026MarcoCaffioiGii.mp3 - [Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/ed62c8bf350a) (2026-09-03, 58 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly2026-09-03-Careers-and-AI-update.mp3 - [Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/fe44bb3ed44c) (2026-08-27, 41 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly27Aug2026GammaKnife.mp3 - [The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/36ea20643277) (2026-08-20, 36 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly20Aug2026QuantumKidKatiaKai.mp3 - [Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/9ca342f6b9f1) (2026-08-14, 48 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly14Aug2026ScientistCredibilty.mp3 - [Building bridges between quantum and classical computing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/80f1e49fa0f6) (2026-08-06, 36 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly6August2026QuantumMachines.mp3 - [How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/be86617f6f11) (2026-07-30, 36 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly30July2026AntoniaSeymour.mp3 - [Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/29215ce101b2) (2026-07-23, 41 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly23July2026RossJenkinson.mp3 - [Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/e3650738f1f6) (2026-07-16, 39 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly16July2026DavidWheaterPhysicsX.mp3 - [Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/1ee114e5bf92) (2026-07-09, 20 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly9July2026ScottWaitukaitis.mp3 - [Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/1195c78e0ba3) (2026-06-25, 30 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly25June2026JamesGiltzOnePhysics.mp3 - [Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/e9de1da15ad0) (2026-06-18, 49 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly16June2026ShawPrize.mp3 - [‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/9ea489a41b22) (2026-06-11, 31 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly11June2026KavliPrize.mp3 - [Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/e6f1ded4d66c) (2026-06-04, 31 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly4June2026CharlotteDeane.mp3 - [Open data: the benefits and challenges of sharing a precious resource](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/477359e05513) (2026-05-28, 26 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly28May2026OpenData.mp3 - [Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/48f3e518f78e) (2026-05-21, 38 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly21May2026ThermodyamicComputing.mp3 - [Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/1d7df60f3d62) (2026-05-14, 37 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly14May2026PaulHowarth.mp3 - [Near-oxymoronic requirements: the materials challenges of fusion energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/2fe63eff072a) (2026-05-07, 33 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly7May2026FusionMaterials.mp3 - [Quantum sensors benefit from miniaturized ultrahigh vacuum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/32f7aaed67d3) (2026-04-23, 27 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly23April2026FlorenceConcepcionAquark.mp3 - [Proteins on manuscript reveal how Renaissance medicines were made](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/e17173cbe44e) (2026-04-16, 50 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly16April2026GlebZilberstein.mp3 - [Backing winners in deep tech: physicist and venture capitalist Alexandra Vidyuk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/dca8bab32f8e) (2026-04-09, 33 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly9April2026AlexandraVidyuk.mp3 - [Biomedical optics play crucial roles across medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/928024098afc) (2026-04-02, 35 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly2April2026BrianPoguePMB.mp3 - [How IOP Publishing cut its carbon footprint by 36% since 2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/98ea2e1a0646) (2026-03-26, 28 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly26Mar2026LizMartinCarbonFootprint.mp3 - [From the classroom to the committee room: Dave Robertson MP on politics and physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/8c0f1db565d0) (2026-03-19, 29 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly19MarchDaveRobertsonMP.mp3 - [Droplet scientists push the boundary between living and non-living matter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/9e03a61ca5d9) (2026-03-12, 42 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly-12-March-2026-EPL-sponsored.mp3 - [Ultrasound system solves the ‘unsticking problem’ in biomedical research](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/89088d1c78c1) (2026-03-05, 32 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly5Mar2026LukeCoxImpulsonics.mp3 - [LHCb upgrade: CERN collaboration responds to UK funding cut](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/e93c6352ea65) (2026-02-26, 34 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly26Feb2026TimGershonLHCb.mp3 - [Quantum Systems Accelerator focuses on technologies for computing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/a30cccfda25f) (2026-02-19, 35 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly19Feb2026BertDeJong.mp3 - [Asteroid deflection: why we need to get it right the first time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/0e26c7c2974a) (2026-02-12, 23 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly12Feb2026RahilMakadia.mp3 - [Physics‑based simulations help diagnose and treat disease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/99b6ad0d08a3) (2026-02-05, 28 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly5Feb2026AmandaRandles.mp3 - [AI-based tool improves the quality of radiation therapy plans for cancer treatment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/1d6c7ba25a41) (2026-01-29, 39 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly29Jan2026ToddMcNuttSunNuclear.mp3 - [Laser fusion: Focused Energy charts a course to commercial viability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/4d13257998e2) (2026-01-22, 33 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly22Jan2026DebbieCallahan.mp3 - [Quantum metrology at NPL: we explore the challenges and opportunities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/8730f34bdd8e) (2026-01-14, 26 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeeklyJan2026NPLSponsor.mp3 - [Quantum information theory sheds light on quantum gravity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/554f3f3efb28) (2026-01-08, 26 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly8Jan2026AlexMayPI.mp3 - [Oscar-winning computer scientist on the physics of computer animation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/9ac7d1a94896) (2025-12-23, 24 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly23Dec2025PatHanrahan.mp3 - [How to make 2D metals: Guangyu Zhang on his team’s award-winning research](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/49e13fec9154) (2025-12-18, 36 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly18Dec2025BOTYWinner.mp3 - [Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/94dbe981f05f) (2025-12-11, 32 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly11Dec2025Top10Breakthroughs.mp3 - [Building a quantum future using topological phases of matter and error correction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/7436f69347d6) (2025-12-04, 26 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly4Dec2025TimHsiehPerimeter.mp3 - [Quantum gravity: we explore spin foams and other potential solutions to this enduring challenge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/cd9988205fd3) (2025-11-27, 30 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly27Nov2025BiancaDittrichQuantumGravity.mp3 - [Talking physics with an alien civilization: what could we learn?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/99d6903a694e) (2025-11-20, 47 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly20Nov2025DanielWhiteson.mp3 - [Better coffee, easier parking and more: the fascinating physics of daily life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/cff9331e5892) (2025-11-18, 58 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly18Nov2025MichaelBanks.mp3 - [Designing better semiconductor chips: NP hard problems and forever chemicals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/8e1baf6141be) (2025-11-13, 41 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly13Nov2025SemiconductorDesign.mp3 - [Unlocking the potential of 2D materials: graphene and much more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/76ddcb10e498) (2025-11-06, 39 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly6Nov2025AntonioRossi2DMaterials.mp3 - [Quantum steampunk: we explore the art and science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1400686733/41c910943fea) (2025-10-30, 40 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/content.blubrry.com/physicsworldweeklypodcast/PWWeekly30Oct2025QuantumSteampunk.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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