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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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03/23/2009

Cosmologists Aim to Observe First Moments of Universe

South Pole Telescope team to search for gravity waves

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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