Science Spotlights

Risa Wechsler: Shedding Light on the Dark Side

Apr 14, 2010

Risa Wechsler, a member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Physics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, has a career path that has led to three Kavli institutes and one program, giving her particularly extensive roots in the Kavli community. She has pursued research that advances basic science and our fundemental understanding of existence. At KIPAC, this means cracking open a window for observing the unobservable.

New Tools for Nanoscience

Mar 30, 2010

In nanoscience, researchers are truly limited by the technology of their field. Directors of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Paul McEuen and David A. Muller, discuss their mission to push the technology of observation, measurement and control to ever-smaller dimensions.

Wonder as a Motivator

Mar 15, 2010

In a special essay, KIPAC Director Roger Blandford discusses how wonder and curiosity has inspired his own life, and serves as a creative force to both science and the humanities.

Smart Moves: Daniel Wolpert, Motor Control and the Brain

Feb 20, 2010

Whether engaged in a chess game or something less obvious, the brain is constantly thinking. Daniel Wolpert, a professor of engineering at the University of Cambridge and a leading researcher on human motor control, admits that a game of chess is an excellent demonstration of the brain at work; however, if you focus more on our ability to move the pieces, you’ll see something else extraordinary.