Cracking Quantum Podcast

Podcast on everything quantum for anyone and everyone hosted by Ash Lyons
Want to understand what "quantum" actually means? You've come to the right place

[Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh]

The 2025 Physics Nobel Prize was awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling. What is this and what is it good for? I have a brief summary.

https://t.co/7TnKoaF0ZR

[Okular AB @okularab]

A short och concise elevator-pitch-sized summary by @skdh of today’s announcement of the 2025 #NobelPrize in physics. ”Then - once again - one cannot blame the Swedes for being too predictable.”

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

Me and Akhil Kallepalli @OptoPhysAkhil had a fantastic long chat as part of the Cracking Quantum podcast! He shared loads of useful insights into beginning an academic career and what life is like as a PhD supervisor.

https://t.co/8Zrcs02xB5

[Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh]

A group of physicists claim they have proof that true randomness exists. This has implications for encryption protocols and computing, but (if true) would also indicate that the past does not determine the present.

https://t.co/XDrki67Uzi

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

OBEs, car thefts, and dogs licking delicate scientific equipment, this dicussion really had it all!

Join Prof Doug Paul and I as we discuss the uk hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation, and Timing @QEPNT_Hub

https://t.co/e8fICtDeZQ

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

How does an artist get interested in quantum science? What do their conversations with a physicist look like and what ideas pop out?

Find out in the discussion I had with Gregor Harvie - current artist in residence with the quantum theory group at Glasgow
https://t.co/ziGkUeI5O8

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

Now this was a really interesting discussion!

@gemmamilne talks about how we hype quantum tech, how that can help build public interest and investment, but also about the potential dangers of hyping too much or in the wrong way

https://t.co/TV6GUg1rcb

[Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh]

In today's video I have a look at several recent studies that document how AI us makes us brain-lazy

https://t.co/fxKPNyNMxR

[Dr Maria Violaris @maria__violaris]

"We could be within 5 years of really falsifying Einstein's classical theory."

How? By generating entanglement in an experiment to test quantum gravity!

I'm excited to release a technical deep-dive into how to test quantum features of gravity, explained in an approachable and intuitive way by Prof Vlatko Vedral from the University of Oxford.

We go right from Feynman's original thought experiment about putting a single mass in superposition, to Vlatko and his collaborators' Chiara Marletto & Sougato Bose's recent "BMV" two-mass experimental proposal.

As well as carefully explaining what different scenarios and results tell us about the nature of quantum gravity, Vlatko outlines actual experimental requirements and progress towards implementing this crucial test in the near future.

00:00 Coming Up

02:03 Intro

02:56 Feynman's Single Mass Superposition

12:20 Fake Decoherence

23:07 Interfering Neutrons & Conservation Laws

35:10 Two Masses Thought Experiment

49:23 Coupling gravity and Quantum Field

57:05 Quantumness as Non-Commuting Operators

01:10:47 Experimental Proposals

01:26:46 Challenges and Future Directions

01:35:32 Final Thoughts

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The Paradox of Knowledge:

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Understand. Don't memorize.
Learn principles, not formulas.

- R. Feynman

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

https://t.co/wpTPA5kswl

How difficult would it be to get her mate Paul in for an interview? 🤔

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

Why is Scotland one of the best places to be for quantum research and innovation?
Dr Alison McLeod from @Tech_Scot gives us a fantastic answer to this and discusses the scottish quantum industry as a whole. Thanks for the chat Alison!

https://t.co/Kb50g3HymH

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

PhD Students - How to write a research proposal?

A good research proposal should have the following.

1️⃣ Synopsis

2️⃣ Background to the problem

3️⃣ Significance of the problem

4️⃣ Objectives

5️⃣ Research questions

6️⃣ Methods

7️⃣ Ethical awareness

8️⃣ Timeframe

9️⃣ Facilities

🔟 Budget

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[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more during #InsectWeek: https://t.co/MHbFGxo1ET @NewsfromScience

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

This is super important!
I would also say it goes beyond the supervisor. Talk to other researchers in the group and see what the environment is like. Definitely visit if you can.
I always offer prospective students the opportunity to talk to current students without me there

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

A PhD interview works both ways. Ensure that the supervisor is also the right fit for you.

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

How to map your research article efficiently

[Glasgow Science Festival @GlasgowSciFest]

We are delighted to announce we won Best Scottish Festival 2025, at this years’ Scottish Hospitality Awards! 🤩

Thank you to everyone who supported us by voting 👏

We have been nominated for this award 3 times and we are proud to have won all 3 against some stiff competition 🏆

[Cracking Quantum Podcast @crackingquantum]

@SamsonS76670087 @PioneerInPhys Oh this happens really easily. We just don't get taught any philosophy (at least the degree programs I have seen). We're usually taught how a thing works but very rarely how someone got to that point of understanding

[Dr Dan Jones @Hookean1]

Newton's 2nd Law of Motion in 3 quick demos:

​https://t.co/kxBtBeC5Im