Kavli News

12/03/2018
LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Detections

The observatories are also releasing their first catalog of gravitational-wave events.​

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12/03/2018
Flexible Brain Electrodes Open New Frontiers for Neuroscience

Measuring activity from more neurons in more areas over weeks to months will increase understanding of complex cognitive processes.​

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11/29/2018
Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression Symptoms

Human study suggests lateral orbitofrontal cortex as  promising  target for therapeutic brain stimulation to treat intractable depression.​

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11/21/2018
New Method for Studying Gene Expression Could Improve Understanding of Brain Disease

The scientists show that the genes expressed by a particular cell type can vary across species, and between individuals.​​

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11/21/2018
Mosquito Genome Opens New Avenues for Reducing Bug-Borne Disease

A recent multi-institutional study, led by Rockefeller scientists, has produced a new blueprint of the Aedes aegypti genome.​

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11/14/2018
2018 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Winners Named

Among the winners, stories on male contraception, the complicated legacy of a panda, and the environmental hazards of toxic algae and invasive mussels.

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11/14/2018
Brain Signature of Depressed Mood Unveiled in New Study

Direct recordings of human brain activity link memory, emotion and anxiety during bouts of low mood.

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11/13/2018
Dr. Kevin Moses Named Vice President of Science Programs at The Kavli Foundation

A former leader at the Wellcome Trust, HHMI/Janelia and CZI to manage the Foundation’s portfolio of science programs.​​

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11/05/2018
Scientists Record Posture-Coding Neurons in the Cortex

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience may have just uncovered key aspects of how the brain controls posture.​

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11/05/2018
How to Reverse Memory Loss in Old Mice

Columbia scientists reveal new details of how a naturally occurring hormone can boost memory in aging mice, laying the groundwork for staving off this form of memory loss in people.

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