Podcast Episodes

Helgoland: leading scientists reflect on 100 years of quantum physics and look to the future

Last week, Physics World’s Matin Durrani boarded a ferry in Hamburg that was bound for Helgoland – an archipelago in the North Sea about 70 km off the north-west coast of Germany.

It was a century a…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Exploring careers in healthcare for physicists and engineers

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast we explore the career opportunities open to physicists and engineers looking to work within healthcare – as medical physicists or clinical enginee…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Richard Bond and George Efstathiou: meet the astrophysicists who are shaping our understanding of the early universe

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features George Efstathiou and Richard Bond, who share the 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy, “for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular f…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Teaching quantum physics to everyone: pictures offer a new way of understanding

Quantum science is enjoying a renaissance as nascent quantum computers emerge from the lab and quantum sensors are being used for practical applications.

As the technologies we use become more quant…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

A Martian aurora, how the universe fades away, Heisenberg on holiday, physics of fake coins

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast I look at what’s new in the world of physics with the help of my colleagues Margaret Harris and Matin Durrani.

We begin on Mars, where NASA’s Pers…

Published on 3 months ago

Quantum computing for artists, musicians and game designers

Many creative industries rely on cutting-edge digital technologies, so it is not surprising that this sector could easily become an early adopter of quantum computing.

In this episode of the Physics…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Molecular engineering and battery recycling: developing new technologies in quantum, medicine and energy

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast comes from the Chicago metropolitan area – a scientific powerhouse that is home to two US national labs and some of the country’s leading universitie…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ferenc Krausz explains how ultrashort laser pulses could help detect disease

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features the Nobel laureate Ferenc Krausz. He is director of the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor at LMU Munich, both in German…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Driving skills and innovation in the UK’s semiconductor industry

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features the materials scientist Paul Meredith, who is director of the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM) at the UK’s Swansea Univ…

Published on 4 months ago

Radiosurgery made easy: the role of the Gamma Knife in modern radiotherapy

This podcast features Alonso Gutierrez, who is chief of medical physics at the Miami Cancer Institute in the US. In a wide-ranging conversation with Physics World’s Tami Freeman, Gutierrez talks abo…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago