Kavli News

06/04/2009

Caltech Scientists Create Nanoscale Zipper Cavity that Responds to Single Photons of Light

Physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a nanoscale device that exploits the mechanical properties of light and can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more.

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05/15/2009

QUIET Team to Deploy New Gravity-wave Probe in June

Researchers at the University of Chicago are part of an international collaboration that has devised a test to detect remnants of the radiation emitted at the earliest moments of the universe.

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05/11/2009

DOE Names Caltech Professor as Director of EFRC Focusing on Light-Material Interactions

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). That EFRC will be headed by KNI's Harry Atwater.

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05/08/2009

Kavli Prize Laureate to Co-Lead Energy Frontier Research Center at Columbia University

Columbia University will become home to one of 46 new Energy Frontier Research Centers announced this week by the White House in conjunction with a speech by President Barack Obama to the National Academy of Sciences. Kavli Prize Laureate Louis Brus will co-lead the new center.

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05/06/2009

Northwestern University to Award Honorary Degree to Foundation Founder

Fred Kavli is among seven individuals to receive honorary degrees at the university's 151st annual commencement.

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