Read article: David Leckrone on his 33 years with the Hubble Space Telescope mission, Twitter poster conference takes off
How NASA corrected Hubble’s spherical aberration and other triumphs
Read article: The emotions of discovery, the quantum TV thriller Devs, nanosponges take on COVID-19
We chat about Eureka moments and how quantum mechanics is portrayed on screen
Read article: Working in medical physics: not your average career
Exploring the variety of careers at the Christie Hospital
Read article: Mailing undergraduate lab experiments to students stuck at home, how to run a physics conference on Zoom
Physicists explain how they adapted and thrived under COVID-19 restrictions
Read article: Neutrons join the battle against COVID-19, firm aims for a million-qubit quantum computer, cyanobacteria power a solar cell
A neutron scientist, quantum entrepreneur and student contributor join us this week
Read article: Why ultrafast is ultra-good for medical imaging, helping children learn physics at home, the Cheerios effect
The physics of gamma-ray detectors and breakfast cereals
Read article: Why the SpaceX/NASA launch is so important, how to be a successful physics YouTuber
Travelling into orbit and using a green screen are on the agenda this week
Read article: Exploring the philosophical, historical and sociological dimensions of physics, researchers ponder their return to the lab as lockdowns lift
Bob Crease explains how he keeps his Critical Point column fresh after two decades
Read article: The mystery of missing marine plastic
Oceanographers are not sure where all the plastics are ending up in the world’s oceans
Read article: Far-ultraviolet light could fight the next pandemic, assessing the physics in a sci-fi blockbuster, how to detect a black hole in the solar system
Science fact and fiction in the Physics World Weekly podcast
