Kavli News

03/02/2010

Fermi Telescope Probes "Dragons" of the Gamma-ray Sky [1]

A new study of gamma rays shows that less than a third of the emissions arise from black-hole-powered jets from active galaxies.

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03/01/2010

Astronomically Large Lenses Measure the Age and Size of the Universe [2]

Researchers have a newly precise way to measure the size and age of the universe and how rapidly it is expanding, on a par with other techniques.

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02/23/2010

Massive Planet is Being Torn Apart, Providing Opportunity to Watch a Planetary “Death March” [3]

A massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star, a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the planet, WASP-12b.

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02/22/2010

Study Suggests Simple Mathematical Rules May Be Responsible for Complicated Biological Adaptations [4]

From how massive humpbacks glide through the sea with ease to the efficient way fungal spores fly,
applied mathematicians have excavated the equations behind a variety of complex phenomena.

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02/22/2010

Kavli Prize Science Forum Announced; Inaugural Forum on International Cooperation in Science [5]

John P. Holdren and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, will join leaders of international science societies and academies to discuss international cooperation in science.

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02/17/2010

Extreme Jets Take New Shape [6]

Jets of particles streaming from black holes in far-away galaxies operate differently than previously thought.

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02/16/2010

NASA's Fermi Closes on Source of Cosmic Rays [7]

New images from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope show where supernova remnants emit radiation a billion times more energetic than visible light.

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02/16/2010

Caltech Researchers Create Highly Absorbing, Flexible Solar Cells using Silicon Wire Arrays [8]

Scientists created a new type of flexible solar cell, enhancing the absorption and efficiency, while bringing costs down.

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02/11/2010

Retrograde Spin of Supermassive Black Holes May Create Jets that Control Galaxy Evolution [9]

Little is know about one of a black hole's fundamental properties, spin. But spin may be crucial to understanding the dynamics of a black hole's host galaxy.

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02/09/2010

Caltech researchers develop nanoscale structures with superior mechanical properties [10]

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile—yet stronger than ever—simply by reducing their size.

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[1] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/fermi-telescope-probes-dragons-gamma-ray-sky
[2] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/astronomically-large-lenses-measure-age-and-size-universe
[3] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/KIAA-WASP-12b
[4] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/new-study-suggests-simple-mathematical-rules-may-be-responsible-complicated-biological-ad
[5] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/kavli-prize-science-forum-announced-inaugural-forum-focus-international-cooperation-scien
[6] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/extreme-jets-take-new-shape
[7] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/nasas-fermi-closes-source-cosmic-rays
[8] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/caltech-researchers-create-highly-absorbing-flexible-solar-cells-silicon-wire-arrays
[9] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/retrograde-spin-supermassive-black-holes-may-create-jets-control-galaxy-evolution
[10] https://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/caltech-researchers-develop-nanoscale-structures-superior-mechanical-properties
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