Jacklin Kwan

London

Science Journalist at Freelance

Freelance science journo + Digital Comms Officer @ImperialSci | Written for @WiredUK, @NewsfromScience, @newscientist | Physics nerd ⚛️ | She/They.

Articles

Lossen we binnenkort het grootste raadsel rond elektromagnetisme op?

3 days ago | newscientist.nl | Jacklin Kwan

Lang hebben natuurkundigen zich afgevraagd waarom deeltjes alleen een elektrische lading van +1, -2 of een ander geheel getal kunnen hebben. Maar het begint er steeds meer op te lijken dat dit helemaal niet zo is. En dus is de jacht op deeltjes met een ‘fractionele lading’ geopend. Waarschijnlijk sta je zelden stil bij elektrische lading, behalve op die frustrerende momenten dat je telefoon er te weinig van heeft. Maar voor natuurkundigen is het verschijnsel wel degelijk een heet hangijzer.
Student society wins the biggest consulting competition in the UK

1 week ago | imperial.ac.uk | Jacklin Kwan

Hosted by UCL Consulting Society in collaboration with global consultancy firm Oliver Wyman, the competition brought together 17 universities and 25 teams, including top institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge and LSE. The victorious Imperial College London team, made up of Aditi Mehta, Fama Matel Manneh, Leon Dou, Sebastian Tan, and Valentin Bruhl, with Adam Bencsik serving as their coach and project leader, showcased their exceptional problem-solving abilities to claim the top spot.
The undergraduates transforming brain health, disaster relief and diagnostics

1 week ago | imperial.ac.uk | Jacklin Kwan

Six undergraduate teams at Imperial College London have been selected for the finals of this year’s Faculty of Natural Sciences Make-A-Difference (FoNS-MAD) competition. Over eight weeks this summer, they will receive funding, lab space and mentorship to develop their proof-of-concepts. The competition, designed to foster low-cost technologies that tackle global challenges, offers the winning team up to £7000 in prize money.
Tree that kills its 'enemies' with lightning discovered

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jacklin Kwan

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. . | Credit: pawopa3336/Getty ImagesLightning is usually seen as a harbinger of destruction in forests, killing or damaging trees in their blasts. But in the lowland rainforests of Panama, one species of towering tropical tree may have evolved to use this force of nature to its advantage.
Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning

2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Jacklin Kwan

Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of destruction in forests, killing or damaging trees in their blasts. But in the lowland rainforests of Panama, one species of towering tropical tree may have evolved to use this force of nature to its advantage. The tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) may actually benefit from being struck by lightning, according to a new study.
Scientists thought sharks didn't make sounds — until this accidental discovery

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Jacklin Kwan

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Scientists thought sharks didn't make sounds - until this accidental discovery

1 month ago | livescience.com | Jacklin Kwan

Sharks have long been thought to be mute, relying on stealth to hunt their prey and avoid predators. But now, sharks have been recorded making sounds for the very first time. The new recordings reveal that rig sharks (Mustelus lenticulatus) — small, bottom-dwelling sharks native to New Zealand — emit distinct clicks when handled by researchers underwater.
CO2 laser enables long-range detection of radioactive material – Physics World

1 month ago | physicsworld.com | Jacklin Kwan

Researchers have demonstrated that they can remotely detect radioactive material from 10 m away using short-pulse CO2 lasers – a distance over ten times farther than achieved via previous methods. Conventional radiation detectors, such as Geiger counters, detect particles that are emitted by the radioactive material, typically limiting their operational range to the material’s direct vicinity.
How metamaterials bend reality: from earthquake shields to lab-grown black holes

1 month ago | imperial.ac.uk | Jacklin Kwan

Sir John Pendry is a Professor of Theoretical Solid-State Physics at the Department of Physics. As part of Imperial College London’s annual Frontiers in Natural Sciences: Dean's Annual Lecture, Sir Pendry presented his pioneering research into metamaterials – engineered materials that allow unprecedented control over electromagnetic waves.
'A set of large teeth sticking out of the ground': Scientists reveal ancient hypercarnivore discovered in Egyptian desert

2 months ago | livescience.com | Jacklin Kwan

A skull discovered in the Egyptian desert belongs to a never-before-seen apex predator that roamed parts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula about 30 million years ago, scientists say. The skull was unearthed in the Jebel Qatrani Formation, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Cairo. Now, scientists have identified it as a new species, called Bastetodon syrtos, in a study published Feb. 17 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. When B.