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★★★★☆

4.3

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79 reviews

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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.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Physics World Weekly Podcast podcast

From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals

2026/10/29

Marge Ryan of Johnson Matthey is our podcast guest

Theorists use cloud-based Bose–Einstein condensate to study tunnelling

2026/10/22

Quantum experiment is controlled from thousands of kilometres away

Ignacio Cirac: Newton Medal winner looks to the future of quantum technology

2026/10/15

Quantum pioneer calls for more investment in Europe’s quantum industries

Francis Halzen and IceCube: why neutrinos keep attracting Nobel prizes

2026/10/08

Neutrino expert Kirsty Duffy is our podcast guest

Nobel predictions, national firsts and the remarkable story of CV Raman

2026/10/01

We chat about the Nobel Prize in Physics in this podcast

Pathways to commercial and academic success in medical physics

2026/09/24

Nick Zacharopoulos, CEO of Aktina Medical, is our podcast guest

Creating better batteries for electricity grids

2026/09/17

The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest

Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D

2026/09/10

Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest

Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI

2026/09/03

Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests

Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions

2026/08/27

This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible

2026/08/20

Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people

Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals

2026/08/14

Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests

Building bridges between quantum and classical computing

2026/08/06

Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest

How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science

2026/07/30

Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest

Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics

2026/07/23

This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information

Podcast reviews

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4.3 out of 5

79 reviews

★★★★★

decimalsandmore 2026/07/09

Collaboration

I love this podcast! The most recent episode on static electricity has my mind swimming with curiosity about the intersection with algebraic combinat...

★★★☆☆

etherdog 2023/07/12

Audio quality is everything to a podcast

While the information is good, one would think that a physics podcast would pay attention more to the audio quality to convey the message. There are m...

★★★☆☆

xxxxdf go jg 2023/03/17

Audio

Audio very poor quality

★★★★★

AK JDW 2021/01/22

Joel D

Love the podcast. Great information. Rock solid topics of discussion

★★★☆☆

☹️🙁☹️😕🙁 2020/11/27

Love the topic, sad about some of the content

I love the stories you present, and the episode about life on Venus is one of my favorite episodes of any podcast. Unfortunately, after listening to t...

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