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Jacklin Kwan

@jacklinkwan.bsky.social

Love a bit of physics ⚛️ | Features Editor at New Scientist

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m the kind of person who gets excited whenever someone starts talking about the national grid But I think Katharine’s feature on geothermal energy could make anyone hyped for a renewable form of baseload energy. Loved editing it! @kms163.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

How to unlock unlimited geothermal energy, anywhere we want | New Scientist

Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to exploit it. Now we may have a way to tap this vast clean energy source almo...

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 2w ago

The entire theatre of reality can be described with two actors: things made of matter, and things that convey forces. Fermions and bosons. But are we missing a secret third thing? 🤔 Loved editing Miriam Frankel's words in this week's @newscientist.com cover! www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient | New Scientist

Neither matter nor force, paraparticles would be something else entirely. Fresh hints that they exist are raising hopes that they could explain reality at its deepest level

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 4w ago

Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New answers to how and why this happens are forcing us to question how electricity flows

The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works

Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New answers to how and why this happens are forcing us to question how electricity flows

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you've ever met a precocious child, they never stop asking "why?" Why is the sky blue? Air scatters short-wavelength photons. Why? Electromagnetism. Why? The laws of physics. But why? This week's cover is on how the laws of physics emerged from chaos 🔽 www.newscientist.com/article/2524...

Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer

The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 4mo ago

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works. But new mathematical tools are finally prising the problem open. www.newscientist.com/article/2520...

We're solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works. But new mathematical tools are finally prising the problem open

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This week's cover is a lovely piece by Michael Brooks about one of the most beautiful, and mysterious, things in physics: the origin of mass Specifically, why do things turn up heavy if our theory predicts that they should be massless? Loved editing this one ⬇️ www.newscientist.com/article/2520...

We're solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works. But new mathematical tools are finally prising the problem open

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Had a blast editing this feature, written by Chen Ly The muon collider was considered largely unfeasible as a particle collider concept, but it's back on the menu for the world's post-LHC discovery machine! Its superfans tell us why they're backing it 🔽 www.newscientist.com/article/2519...

A once-fantastical collider could answer physics’ biggest mysteries

The muon collider was once dismissed as impossible, but is now gaining steam as the successor to the Large Hadron Collider. If built, it could offer a new window to reality

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 5mo ago

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue

The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I loved editing this one – we tackle one of physics’ most daring questions: what if time itself is an illusion? New tools may finally let us test whether time is emergent and, not something fundamental. And it all starts from rethinking clocks as time engines 🤯 www.newscientist.com/article/2511...

The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal time’s true nature

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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This might be my favourite piece from 2025! I emailed 20+ physics depts to ask: what experiment would you do if you had all the money & time? Despite research purse strings tightening, scientists are wild dreamers (cue gamma ray lasers and mega colliders) 💥 www.newscientist.com/article/2501...

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Not every day that we develop cures for deadly diseases, especially ones that literally make your skin fall off 😰 You've likely never heard of the tech driving this revolution: spatial multiomics. Loved working with @michael-marshall.bsky.social for this story 🔽 www.newscientist.com/article/2504...

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal illnesses

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just edited this fantastic feature by @elisecutts.bsky.social: quasicrystals are turning up in meteorites, lightning strikes and even the aftermath of the Trinity test ⚛️ A wild detective story about forbidden symmetries hiding in extreme places www.newscientist.com/article/2503...

Why quasicrystals shouldn’t exist but are turning up in strange places

Matter with “forbidden” symmetries was once thought to be confined to lab experiments, but is now being found in some of the world’s most extreme environments

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 10mo ago

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real

The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The lymphatic system is one of those things I always pretended to understand How can something so familiar still be so mysterious? Luckily this excellent feature by Carissa answers the questions I've been too scared to ask 🙏

Carissa Wong@carissacwwong.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our bodies contain a ghostly web of thread-like vessels and bean-shaped nodes, called the lymphatic system. My latest cover story looks at how it could be a secret ingredient in treating some major health conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer. www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Had a blast writing this feature for @newscientist.com 💜 So much of physics seems to revolve around measuring constants to an eye-watering precision. This feature really made me appreciate how these numbers connect to nature www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 10mo ago

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more

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Jonathan O'Callaghan@astrojonny.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Nothing can travel faster than light – but there are some pretty convincing illusions in the universe that appear to do so. From light echoes to backwards explosions, what can we learn from these unusual superluminal events? Story by me in @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more

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Jacklin Kwan@jacklinkwan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Physics cements c as the ultimate speed limit, but I learnt that apparent superluminal motion is all around us, including when you flick on the lights These illusions are helping us study the big lights in the sky Amazing reporting by @astrojonny.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more

newscientist.com