Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World
4.5from 186 ratings
- 228
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 186
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About 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 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.
- Publisher
- Physics World
- Category
- science · science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 228 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Creating better batteries for electricity grids
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Porous material offers the benefits of graphene in 3D
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI
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Creating better batteries for electricity grids
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] As we know, we have different demands every day regarding the electricity. Sometimes we have the peak, right? So the use of batteries actually can do the peak shipping. And on another side, it has some financial advantages. So for example, we can charge the batteries when the cost is low, and we can discharge the batteries when the price is high. So that's my understanding about the current role of batteries in grid storage. And when you talk about peak smoothing, that's the idea. I mean, I suppose something that happens particularly with renewables is that there are certain times of the day or times of the year when you have lots of renewables, lots of renewable energy being produced, but people aren't using it. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Lin Ma
- Marco Caffio
- Alaina G Levine
- Janelle Shane
- Katharine Hunt
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 2,434,457
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 78 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 108 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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