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Kavli News
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.
[Read More]05/05/2009
Gamma-ray Bursts May Last Longer than Previously Thought
Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe since the Big Bang, are thought to last mere seconds or a few short minutes. But new data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope show at least some of them have much more staying power.
[Read More]04/14/2009
Kavli Laureate Establishes Astronomy Fund
Kavli laureate Maarten Schmidt gave half of his $500,000 prize money to Caltech, establishing an endowed fund for innovative projects in astronomy.
[Read More]03/30/2009
Royal Society to Establish New Centre for the Advancement of Science
The Kavli Royal Society International Centre, located at Chicheley Hall, outside Newport Pagnell, the historic, stately home will become a new residential centre where scientists from all over the UK and the world can meet to discuss and develop their work.
[Read More]03/23/2009
Cosmologists Aim to Observe First Moments of Universe
South Pole Telescope team to search for gravity waves
[Read More]03/19/2009
Taking the Conversation Inside: Enhancing Signals In Cell Interior
Scientists used to think most of the exchange of information between cells was conducted at the surface, where cell receptors receive signals from other cells.
[Read More]03/10/2009
Dr. Robert W. Conn Named President of The Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert W. Conn as its new president – only the second president since the Foundation was established in 2000. Dr. Conn begins serving as the Foundation’s President in late April of this year.
[Read More]02/25/2009
Yale Researchers Find New Piece in Alzheimer's Puzzle
Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease.
[Read More]02/20/2009
Astronomers Gravitate Toward Einstein’s Telescope
Scientists are harnessing the cosmos as a scientific “instrument” in their quest to determine the makeup of the universe.
[Read More]02/11/2009
The Kavli Foundation Endows the AAAS Science Journalism Awards
The Kavli Foundation has provided an endowment that will ensure the future of the prestigious Science Journalism Awards program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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