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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 imag... Read more

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Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer

Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer

For millennia, humans have used units of measurement based on aspects of the human body. Familiar examples include the f... Read more

10 Aug 2023

38mins

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Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scanner

Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scanner

Earlier this year, Nottingham-based Cerca Magnetics won the inaugural IOP qBIG Prize for quantum innovation for the deve... Read more

3 Aug 2023

20mins

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Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces

Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast our guest is Celia Merzbacher, who is executive director of the Quan... Read more

27 Jul 2023

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Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization

Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization

Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is Emily Grubert, who is a civil engineer and environmenta... Read more

20 Jul 2023

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Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physics

Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physics

Pink Floyd’s classic album The Dark Side of the Moon was released in 1973 and spent a total of 981 weeks on the Billboar... Read more

13 Jul 2023

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Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality

Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality

Building a clock based on a nuclear transition has long been a goal of metrologists. As well as offering the potential o... Read more

6 Jul 2023

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Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes management

Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes management

Type-1 diabetes is a disease that arises from a person’s inability to produce insulin, which normally regulates glucose ... Read more

29 Jun 2023

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Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to create

Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to create

Friday 23 June 2023 marks the 10th International Women in Engineering Day and we are celebrating by devoting two episode... Read more

22 Jun 2023

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Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreach

Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreach

Engaging with the public is often part of the job description for academic physicists and many undertake outreach activi... Read more

15 Jun 2023

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X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’

X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast the instrument scientist Roland den Hartog talks about the challenge... Read more

8 Jun 2023

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