Kavli News

06/03/2010

Names of the 2010 Kavli Prize Winners Announced

Eight scientists whose discoveries have dramatically expanded human understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience have been recognised with the award of the million-dollar Kavli Prizes.

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05/18/2010

Unique Eclipsing Binary Star System Discovered by UCSB Astrophysicists

UC Santa Barbara Astrophysicists are the first to identify two white dwarf stars in an eclipsing binary system, allowing for the first direct radius measurement of a rare white dwarf.

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05/14/2010

Molecule-Sized Bait Used by UCLA Research Team to Fish for New Drug Targets

UCLA researchers and their collaborators have developed a method that could open the door for investigations into the function of half of all proteins in the human body, demonstrating nanoscale control over molecules.

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04/28/2010

Weitz, Sejnowski Elected to the National Academy of Sciences; Kavli Prize Laureate Grillner Elected NAS Foreign Associate

David A. Weitz, co-director of KIBST, and Terry Sejnowsk, executive committee member of KIBM, have elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Kavli Prize laureate Sten Grillner was elected as a foreign associate.

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04/22/2010

New Optical Material Can Bend Light in Unexpected Directions; Solar Panels Among Possible Applications

A California Institute of Technology research team has engineered a type of artificial optical material that bends light in the "wrong" direction from what normally would be expected, irrespective of the angle of the approaching light.

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04/15/2010

USA Science & Engineering Festival Calls for Entries to New Kavli Science Video Contest

Students nationwide are invited to submit entries for the USA Science & Engineering Festival Kavli Science Video Contest.

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04/15/2010

Einstein's Theory Fights Off Challengers

Two new and independent studies have put Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to the test like never before. These results, made using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, show Einstein's theory is still the best game in town.

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04/12/2010

Knight Fellowships: 'The Universe' Training Workshop for Journalists at MIT

To help journalists better understand the nature of astrophysics, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT will host a three-day intensive Kavli Jornalism Workshop on "The Universe."

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04/02/2010

Michael Turner Named Director of Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

The University of Chicago has named Michael S. Turner as director of its Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, effective March 29, in an ongoing commitment to probing some of the most puzzling scientific questions about the origin and evolution of the universe.

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03/24/2010

Cornell's Kavli Institute Announces New Directors with a New Mission

The Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science has announced the appointment of a new director and co-director -- appointments that will also bring a change in focus for the institute.

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