Physics World Weekly Podcast
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Sep 12, 2021
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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.
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Quantum computing for artists, musicians and game designers
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May 15, 2025 |
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Molecular engineering and battery recycling: developing new technologies in quantum, medicine and energy
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ferenc Krausz explains how ultrashort laser pulses could help detect disease
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May 01, 2025 |
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Driving skills and innovation in the UK’s semiconductor industry
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Radiosurgery made easy: the role of the Gamma Knife in modern radiotherapy
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Non-invasive pressure sensor could revolutionize how brain injuries are diagnosed
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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William Phillips: Nobel laureate talks about his passion for quantum physics
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Microsoft’s Chetan Nayak on topological qubits, the physics of bigger splashes
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Artur Ekert explains how Albert Einstein and John Bell inspired quantum cryptography
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ionizing radiation: its biological impacts and how it is used to treat disease
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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New materials for quantum technology, how ultrasound can help detect breast cancer
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Exploring CERN: Physics World visits the world’s leading particle-physics lab
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Jim Gates updates his theorist’s bucket list and surveys the damage being done to US science and society
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Quantum superstars gather in Paris for the IYQ 2025 opening ceremony
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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How the changing environment affects solar-panel efficiency: the Indian perspective
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Mark Thomson looks to the future of CERN and particle physics
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Why electrochemistry lies at the heart of modern technology
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ceryx Medical: company uses bioelectronics to coordinate the heart and lungs
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Humanitarian engineering can improve cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: our celebrations begin with a look at quantum networks and sensors
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The physics of ice cream: food scientist Douglas Goff talks about this remarkable material
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Mikhail Lukin and Dolev Bluvstein explain how they used trapped atoms to create 48 logical qubits
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Hartmut Neven talks about Google Quantum AI’s breakthrough in quantum error correction
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Exploring this year’s best physics research in our Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Top tips for physics outreach from a prize winner, making graphene more sustainable
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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How to boost the sustainability of solar cells
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Peter Hirst: MIT Sloan Executive Education develops leadership skills in STEM employees
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Julia Sutcliffe: chief scientific adviser explains why policymaking must be underpinned by evidence
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Data-intensive PhDs at LIV.INNO prepare students for careers outside of academia
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Deep connections: why two AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize for Physics
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Nobel predictions and humorous encounters with physics laureates
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Science thrives on constructive and respectful peer review
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Diagnosing and treating disease: how physicists keep you safe during healthcare procedures
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977?
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Quantum sensors monitor brain development in children
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Abdus Salam: celebrating a unifying force in global physics
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Non-physicists find opportunity in the quantum industry, improving the university experience
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Zap Energy targets fusion power without magnets, Claudia de Rham on the beauty of gravity
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Diamond dust for MRI, 4D printing creates advanced devices
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Precision medicine: meet two medical physicists who are making it possible
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided
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May 30, 2024 |
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A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
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May 23, 2024 |
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Celebrating attosecond science, physics tournament focuses on fun
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May 16, 2024 |
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Artificial intelligence: developing useful tools that scientists can trust
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May 09, 2024 |
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Social media: making it work for physics-related businesses
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May 02, 2024 |
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Environmental sustainability: exploring the challenges for the medical physics community
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Purpose-Led Publishing: Antonia Seymour outlines the role of not-for-profit publishers
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Statistical physics provides powerful insights into the living world
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Science centres inspire scientific literacy and diversity in STEM
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Superfluid helium: the quantum curiosity behind huge experiments like the LHC
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissions
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusive
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Tackling climate change while improving human wellbeing
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John Dabiri
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motion
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainability
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbers
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2023: we explore this year’s best physics research
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Why Alice & Bob are making cat qubits, IOP calls for action on net-zero target
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Biomedical ethicist calls for rules governing human research in commercial spaceflight
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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New telecoms satellites will degrade our view of the cosmos
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Celebrating the physics of the cosmos and 20 years of JCAP
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Quantum algorithms make clever use of noisy hardware
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Fusion industry has ambitious plans for 2035, rounding out this year’s Nobel prizes
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizes
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Scanning the seabed with lasers could inform the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Astrophysicist uses X-rays to explore the universe, heat pumps could prevent potholes
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Challenging the space industry’s attitudes towards diversity, the ‘wild boar paradox’ explained
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Quantum-safe cryptography: why we need it now
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Mathematics makes sense of the modern world
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Metasurfaces simplify optical sensing systems
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the test
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Award-winning company uses quantum sensors to develop a lightweight, wearable brain scanner
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Iconic Pink Floyd album cover provides a valuable lesson in optical physics
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Bioelectronic medicine aims to improve type-1 diabetes management
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Sniffing out drug driving: why a breath test for cannabis is so hard to create
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Quantum woo: how to avoid mystical nonsense when doing physics outreach
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’
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Jun 08, 2023 |