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Creating better batteries for electricity grids
#8 trending · Physics
The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest
Sep 17 22 min
Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D
Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest
Sep 10 22 min
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI
Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests
Sep 3 57 min
Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions
This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aug 27 41 min
The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible
Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people
Aug 20 35 min
Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals
Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
Aug 14 47 min
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing
Yonatan Cohen of Quantum Machines is our podcast guest
Aug 6 35 min
How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science
Antonia Seymour of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
Jul 30 35 min
Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics
This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information
Jul 23 40 min
Large physics models boost the performance of passenger cars
Aerodynamics expert David Wheater is our podcast guest
Jul 16 38 min
Static electricity: mysteries lurk within this everyday phenomenon
Soft-matter expert Scott Waitukaitis is our podcast guest
Jul 9 19 min
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy
Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
Jun 25 29 min
Ken’ichi Nomoto and Stanford Woosley share the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Pair are honoured for their work on supernovae and nucleosynthesis
Jun 18 48 min
‘Galactic archaeologists’ share the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Laureate Amina Helmi and Per Barth Lilje of the prize committee are our guests
Jun 11 30 min
Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics
The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest
Jun 4 30 min
Open data: the benefits and challenges of sharing a precious resource
Laura Feetham-Walker of IOP Publishing is our podcast guest
May 28 25 min
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy
Theoretical physicist Stephen Whitelam is our podcast guest
May 21 37 min
Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society
Podcast interview also explores concerns about recent funding cuts to fundamental physics research in the UK
May 14 36 min
Near-oxymoronic requirements: the materials challenges of fusion energy
Jacob John of the UK Atomic Energy Authority is our podcast guest
May 7 32 min
Quantum sensors benefit from miniaturized ultrahigh vacuum
Florence Concepcion of Aquark Technologies is our podcast guest
Apr 23 26 min
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I love this podcast! The most recent episode on static electricity has my mind swimming with curiosity about the intersection with algebraic combinatorics. Someone like Lauren Williams (Harvard) would be so interesting to hear from regarding the organization and synthesis of this static electricity data.
decimalsandmore · Jul 2026
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 many times that critical information is garbled.
etherdog · Jul 2023
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 the episode on self driving cars, I am thoroughly embarrassed for both you and your guests that you had on. If I had no knowledge on the subject I would take away from the episode that full autonomous cars are at least 10-20 years away. Tesla literally has a full self driving beta out right now that seems no more than a few years from perfection. This reminds me of the people who said flying vehicles were hundreds of years away, only a few days before the wright brothers flew for the first time. I wish you would offer a correction for the guests you had on that had no knowledge of their own industry.
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