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Physics World Weekly Podcast

Physics World Weekly Podcast

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...

Recent Episodes

July 16, 2026

Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars

Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
July 9, 2026

Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon

Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
June 25, 2026

Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy

Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
June 18, 2026

Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
June 11, 2026

‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
June 4, 2026

Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics

The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest