Jake Wilkinson

Jake graduated from the University of Manchester with an integrated masters in Chemistry with honours.

Due to his two left hands the practical side of science never appealed to him, instead he focused his studies on the field of science communication. His degree, combined with his previous experience in the promotion and marketing of events, meant a career in science marketing was a no-brainer.

In his spare time Jake enjoys keeping up with new music, reading anything he can get his hands on and going on the occasional run.

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Articles from Jake

Rice University Researchers Develop Light-Driven, Single-Molecule Nanosubmarines

Nanoscale submarines, made of only 224 atoms and driven by ultraviolet light, have been developed. It is hoped that this technology can be further developed to allow the transport of molecular cargoes or the delivery of drugs to diseased organs.

19 Nov 2015

Researchers Successfully Create Flexo-Electric Nanomaterial

A novel 'flexo-electric' material that generates electricty upon compression has been developed. The material shows significant advantages over piezoelectric materials as it is non-toxic and generates a higher voltage at the nanoscale. It is hoped that the material will be used in self-charging pacemakers and ultra-sensitive sensors.

18 Nov 2015

Ultrasensitive Nanotechnology Based Sensor can Detect Early-Stage Cancer

Gold nanoprisms have been used to develop a sensor that can be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer. The gold nanoprisms interact with microRNA in the patients blood to indicate if the disease is present. This novel technology is both cheap and effective.

18 Nov 2015

Physicists Discover Route to Lab-on-a-Chip Technology for Magnetic Resonance

A novel method of measuring magnetic resonance has been developed for use in lab-on-chip technology. The method uses a microscopic garnet crystal which nanomechanically twists in response to an external magnetic field which can be observed with spectroscopy.

13 Nov 2015

Fool’s Gold Quantum Dots Significantly Enhance the Charging Speed of Batteries

It has shown that the addition of fools gold quantum dots to lithium batteries facilitates ultrafast charging that works over multiple charge cycles. Previous attempts to achieve this gave batteries that only performed well over one or two cycles.

12 Nov 2015

Onion-Like Nanoparticle Upconverts Infrared Radation into UV

An innovative onion-like nanoparticle has been developed that can efficiently convert low energy near-infrared radiation into UV light of a higher energy. The process involves the transfer of the infrared photons energy into the nanoparticle core, where they are fused together to form one, higher-energy photon.

11 Nov 2015