Kavli News

11/21/2011
Scientists Develop Highly Efficient Method for Creating Fexible, Transparent Electrodes

Researchers at UCLA report in the journal ACS Nano that they have developed a unique method for producing new electrodes that are both flexible and highly conductive.

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11/17/2011
Light as a Feather, Stiffer Than a Board

Researchers develop world’s lightest solid material, approximately 100 times lighter than Styrofoam.

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11/15/2011
Dramatic Diversity of Columbine Flowers Explained By a Simple Change in Cell Shape

New research at Harvard and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), helps to explain how columbines have achieved a rapid radiation of approximately 70 species, with flowers apparently tailored to the length of their pollinators' tongues.

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11/01/2011
Star Gazing Balloon Mission Selected by NASA for Mission Study

Exciting news for the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, they will provide the key detector technology for GUSSTO's 4.7 THz Space camera.

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10/27/2011
“Save the World Through Science & Engineering” Video Contest Opens

The USA Science & Engineering Festival is accepting submissions for the 2012 Kavli “Save the World Through Science & Engineering” Video Contest.

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10/25/2011
Found in the Developing Brain: Mental Health Risk Genes and Gender Differences

Most genes associated with psychiatric illnesses are expressed before birth. Genetic differences by gender also exist.

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10/24/2011
Kavli Frontiers of Science begins New Symposia Series with Indonesia

The National Academy of Sciences' Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium program has entered into a new partnership with Indonesia.

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10/18/2011
Using New Technique, Scientists Uncover a Delicate Magnetic Balance for Superconductivity

Researchers created atomic-level disorder in order to probe the workings of heavy fermion compounds. Mohammad Hamidian discusses how this work, and a new tool created at Cornell, may help revolutionze computer technology.

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10/18/2011
Distinguished Young Scientists Selected to Participate in Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia

One hundred twenty-two young scientists have been selected for the U.S. and Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia.

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10/17/2011
The Brain's Zoom Button

Researchers have discovered a key mechanism that can act like a zoom button in the brain, by controlling the resolution of the brain's internal maps.

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