Kavli News

02/11/2010

Retrograde Spin of Supermassive Black Holes May Create Jets that Control Galaxy Evolution

Little is know about one of a black hole's fundamental properties, spin. But spin may be crucial to understanding the dynamics of a black hole's host galaxy because it may actually create the jet that regulates the growth of that galaxy and the universe.

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02/09/2010

Caltech researchers develop nanoscale structures with superior mechanical properties

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile—yet stronger than ever—simply by reducing their size.

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01/28/2010

Using Magnetic Toys, Researchers Tease Out Structures of Self-Assembled Moleculer Clusters

In the January 29th issue of Science, a team from Harvard led by Vinothan Manoharan and Michael Brenner, presents additional clues to how and why groups of atoms and molecules may favor less symmetrical and more complex, flexible geometric patterns.

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01/13/2010

Yale Team Finds Neural Thermostat Keeps Brain Running Efficiently

Our energy-hungry brains operate reliably and efficiently while processing a flood of sensory information, thanks to a sort of neuronal thermostat that regulates activity in the visual cortex, Yale researchers have found.

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01/12/2010

Researchers Predict Satellite Could Locate Hundreds of Earth-sized Planets

Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.

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01/08/2010

New Film Chronicles Life of Eric Kandel

"In Search of Memory," a new documentary on the life of Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, MD -- Kavli Professor and director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences at Columbia -- has been commercially released.

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01/07/2010

Fermi Telescope Closes in on Mystery of Cosmic Ray Acceleration

High-energy cosmic rays appear to be coming from supernova remnants, the dying remains of exploded stars, with data revealing the spatial distribution of this emission in one particular supernova remnant.

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12/23/2009

News Reports of Visit to Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Untranslated)

News reports and web posts from China on a visit to KITPC by The Kavli Foundation's President, Robert W. Conn, and Vice-President of Science Programs, Miyoung Chun. (Untranslated)

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12/18/2009

UCLA Nanosystems Institute, Japan's NOF Corp. to Collaborate on Drug-Delivery Research

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced a new collaboration with Japan-based NOF Corp. to explore initiatives in nanotherapeutics research for new drug-delivery systems.

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12/17/2009

Dark Matter Experiment Results Announced

In the analysis of new data, scientists from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, managed by the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have detected two events that have characteristics consistent with dark matter.

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