Physics World Weekly Podcast
1) Droplet scientists push the boundary between living and non-living matter
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we hear from a trio of scientists with a common interest in the physics of droplets. Specifically, Joe Forth, Rob Malinowski and Giorgio Volpe shar...Show More
2) Ultrasound system solves the “unsticking problem” in biomedical research
“Surround sound for biological cells,” is how Luke Cox describes the ultrasound technology that Impulsonics has developed to solve the “unsticking problem” in biomedical science. Cox is co-founder and...Show More
3) LHCb upgrade: CERN collaboration responds to UK funding cut
Later this year, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its huge experiments will shutdown for the High Luminosity upgrade. When complete in 2030, the particle-collision rate in the LHC will be increa...Show More
4) Quantum Systems Accelerator focuses on technologies for computing
Developing practical technologies for quantum information systems requires the cooperation of academic researchers, national laboratories and industry. That is the mission of the Quantum Systems Acce...Show More
5) Asteroid deflection: why we need to get it right the first time
Science fiction became science fact in 2022 when NASA’s DART mission took the first steps towards creating a planetary defence system that could someday protect Earth from a catastrophic asteroid coll...Show More
6) Physics‑based simulations help diagnose and treat disease
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Amanda Randles, who is a computer scientist and biomedical engineer at Duke University in the US. In a conversation with Physics World’s Marga...Show More
7) AI-based tool improves the quality of radiation therapy plans for cancer treatment
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Todd McNutt, who is a medical physicist at Johns Hopkins University and the founder of Oncospace. In a conversation with Physics World’s Tami ...Show More
8) Laser fusion: Focused Energy charts a course to commercial viability
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with the plasma physicist Debbie Callahan who is chief strategy officer at Focused Energy – a California and Germany based fusi...Show More
9) Quantum metrology at NPL: we explore the challenges and opportunities
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with Tim Prior and John Devaney of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), which is the UK’s national metrology institute. Prio...Show More
10) Quantum information theory sheds light on quantum gravity
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Alex May, whose research explores the intersection of quantum gravity and quantum information theory. Based at Canada’s Perimeter Institute fo...Show More