Kavli News

07/14/2010

Yale Study Shows Electrical Fields Influence Brain Activity

Most scientists have viewed electrical fields within the brain as the simple byproducts of neuronal activity. However, Yale scientists report that electrical fields can also influence the activity of brain cells.

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07/11/2010

New Nanopore Devices May Significantly Impact Screening of DNA Molecules

Researchers from Delft University of Technology announce a new type of nanopore devices that may significantly impact the way we screen DNA molecules.

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07/06/2010

Study Measures Single-Molecule Machines in Action

A multidisciplinary team of researchers has succeeded in observing single-molecule interactions functioning in their native environment. The functional molecules called rotaxanes may be used in future molecular devices.

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07/01/2010

Kavli Prize Science Forum 2010: "The Role of International Cooperation in Science"

Focusing this year on the role of international cooperation toward advancing science, the new biennial international forum will facilitate high-level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

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06/30/2010

The Adaptive Brain in Action: An Interview with Neuroscientist Tobias Bonhoeffer

Neural circuitry is constantly changing to meet the challenges of its environment. Neuroscientist Tobias Bonhoeffer tells how new techniques enable researchers to watch this process of adaptation as never before.

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06/24/2010

Astronomers Detect Strong Winds On An Exoplanet

Since the first exoplanet, discovered in 1995, more than 460 others have been found. While astronomers have been able to measure the size, orbital characteristics, and even the molecular make up of the atmospheres, many mysteries about their formation and evolution remain.

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06/17/2010

Researchers Make Magnetic Sheets Just Nanometers Thick

Materials do funny things at the nanoscale. A metal oxide complex called lanthanum strontium manganite is ferromagnetic in large quantities. But scaled to nanometer thickness, it becomes an insulator and loses much of its ferromagnetism. Same material, different behavior.

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06/17/2010

An Innate Sense Of Direction

Are we born with an innate sense of direction, or is it learned? Research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience suggests that the brain comes hard-wired with working navigational neurons.

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06/14/2010

Massive Black Holes "Switched On" By Galaxy Collision

New research looks to explain how galaxies weighing in at about 300 million solar masses become "active."

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06/08/2010

Researchers Image Sub-Nano Pore Structures For The First Time

In the quest for faster and cheaper computers, scientists have imaged pore structures in insulation material at sub-nanometer scales for the first time. Understanding these structures could substantially enhance computer performance and power usage of integrated circuits.

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