Kavli Foundation and U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences' Division for Integrative Organismal Systems announce a grant program in neurobiology and changing ecosystems to accelerate understanding of basic biology in neural adaptation and resilience at the molecular, biophysical, cellular, and circuit levels.
An international research team receives over $4M to advance understanding of carbon nanotube synthesis and its potential for producing industrial materials more sustainably.
New programs to focus on entrepreneurship and science
The projects will pursue novel investigations into how nervous systems may enable organisms, such as crustaceans, cephalopods, and zebrafish, to adapt to environmental challenges.
In the past three years, many nations around the world have developed large-scale research projects focused on understanding the brain. Today, the leaders of those projects are meeting in New York City to coordinate efforts to advance fundamental brain research and address the growing burden of brain disorders. Coordinating Global Brain Projects, a meeting at The Rockefeller University, will be followed by a side event at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Three astrophysicists discuss how the discovery of new dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way can help in solving the riddles of dark matter particles as well as the rise of structure in the cosmos.
Microbiomes have been slow to yield their secrets. Two researchers explain how nanoscience might help speed up the process.
Fresh from giving the January Rossi Prize Lecture, the astrophysicists who discovered two enormous radiation bubbles in the center of our galaxy discuss what they may tell us about the Milky Way and how they could help in the search for dark matter.
The community of microbes that inhabits the body, known as the microbiome, has a powerful influence on the brain and may offer a pathway to new therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders, according to researchers.
During a live Google Hangout, three astrophysicists separated science from science fiction in the blockbuster film Interstellar, revealing a story steeped in real scientific knowledge but not afraid to delve into the unknown.
Scientists working on the three newest dark matter experiments are hopeful that we’ll soon understand a quarter of the universe – but they’re making no promises.
The U.S., Europe and Asia have launched big brain research projects. What impact will they have? Scientists integral to three projects share their insights ahead of a special session hosted by the Society for Neuroscience.
During a live Google Hangout, three astrophysicists – Zachory Berta-Thompson, Bruce Macintosh and Marie-Eve Naud – discussed the huge variety of planets discovered so far, how close we are to being able to see other Earth-like planets, and all that remains unknown.
Prominent U.S. Research Institutions are collaborating on a project aimed at making databases about the brain more useable and accessible for neuroscientists – a step seen as critical to accelerating the pace of discoveries about the brain in health and disease
At the White House yesterday, President Barack Obama welcomed the four American laureates of the 2014 Kavli Prizes – prizes awarded to scientists who have made seminal advances in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
In the midst of recent and surprising revelations about planets outside our solar system, three astrophysicists – Zachory Berta-Thompson, Bruce Macintosh and Marie-Eve Naud – joined a live Google Hangout to consider what’s next for exoplanet hunters, including the search for other Earth-like worlds.
Three geneticists at the forefront of human evolutionary genomics assess the changing state of the field and how we are moving closer to understanding the evolution of the human brain.
Wednesday, July 9, three exoplanet hunters discuss the recent uptick in known planets beyond our solar system, consider the next steps in the hunt for habitable worlds, and ponder the odds of finding evidence of life on another planet.
We may have “smoking gun” evidence the universe expanded with unmatchable speed in its earliest moments. So what does this mean? Three theoretical physicists -- Daniel Baumann, Michael S. Turner and Paul Steinhardt -- consider the evidence, its implications and the next steps.
April 18, 1-1:50pm Pacific, John Carlstrom, Walt Ogburn, Michael Turner & Abigail Vieregg discuss the recent news story announcing the first hard evidence that the universe swelled from microscopic to cosmic almost instantly after its birth.
Three neuroscientists discuss the emerging consensus on age-related memory loss and what researchers hope to learn in coming years.
How is the hunt for dark matter progressing? In late February, researchers from around the world gathered at UCLA to take stock of their progress.
Fred Kavli, founder and chairman of The Kavli Foundation, passed away peacefully today in his home in Santa Barbara at the age of 86.
On Nov. 6, 12:30-1 pm PST, Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric R. Kandel, and Drs. Elias Pavlopoulos and Scott A. Small, will answer questions about compelling new evidence that age-related memory loss is a syndrome in its own right, apart from Alzheimer’s.
The Kavli Foundation has endowed a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to explore the basic science of how to capture and channel energy on the molecular or nanoscale, with the potential for discovering new ways of generating energy for human use.
On Oct. 2, Noon-12:30 PDT, White House Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses joins Harvard researchers Michael Brenner and Pia Sörensen to answer questions about the science of cooking and a new online Harvard course.
On Sept. 25, Noon-12:50 PDT, four theoretical physicists -- Raphael Bousso, Juan Maldacena, Joseph Polchinski and Leonard Susskind -- will join a live discussion about the latest theories about what happens when matter falls into a black hole and how these ideas are prompting researchers to reconsider our understanding of gravity. Questions can be submitted via Twitter (#KavliLive) and email ([email protected]).
Unresolved questions about the nature of supermassive black holes, gravitational monsters at the heart of nearly all large galaxies, were at the forefront of a recent conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
On Sept. 11, Noon-12:30 PDT, three leading scientists - Roger Blandford (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University and SLAC), Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale University) and John Wise (Georgia Institute of Technology) - will answer your questions about supermassive black holes, their role in shaping galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and the biggest questions keeping them and other astrophysicists busy.
Can a new collaboration reveal how dark energy has caused the universe to expand over cosmic time? A discussion with three key researchers associated with two new dark energy projects: ACTPol, which stands for Atacama Cosmology Telescope – Polarization” and SuMIRe, or “Subaru Measurement of Images and Redshifts.”
On Aug. 7, Noon-12:30 PDT, three leading scientists - two neuroscientists and one astrophysicist -- answer your questions about this debate in a live Google Hangout.
On July 31, three key members of the Planck research team -- Drs. George Efstathiou, Anthony Lasenby and Krzysztof Gorski -- will join a live Google Hangout to answer questions from the public about the latest findings from Planck and what these findings reveal about the early universe. Ahead of the webcast, they participated in a roundtable discussion.
Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely how our brains cope with - and explain - our environment.
The major announcement by President Obama is attended by the scientists who propelled the Brain Activity Map Project -- neuroscientists and nanoscientists who joined to become a major catalyst for the new BRAIN Initiative.
Leading researchers discuss findings, published today, that the universe was producing stars much earlier than expected and at a rate 1,000 times greater than today's Milky Way.
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a research team led by Dr. Stefan Funk of KIPAC was able to track gamma rays – the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation, or light – back to the remnants of supernovae explosions where they were born as decay products of collisions between cosmic rays and lower energy particles. The finding offers the first astrophysical evidence for how cosmic rays are produced, as well as where they are generated: in the shock waves that emanate from an exploded star.
There are big expectations for solar power in the coming years. Four renowned scientists in the field discuss what's needed now for a big push, including breaking barriers in research and industry.
This fall, the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago and the National Academy of Sciences organized a colloquium that brought together more than 100 cosmologists, particle physicists and observational astrophysicists – three fields now united in the hunt to determine what is dark matter. Their goal: to take stock of the latest theories and findings about dark matter, assess just how close we are to detecting it and spark cross-disciplinary discussions and collaborations aimed at resolving the dark matter puzzle. So where do things stand?
Three lead members of an international science team provide insight into the first direct detection of dark galaxies.
How can science better address global health crises? This week, Rita Colwell, Alice Dautry, Harvey Fineberg, and Kiyoshi Kurokawa discussed priorities and related topics at the 2012 Kavli Prize Science Forum, moderated by BBC's Pallab Ghosh.
Michael Brown and David Jewitt -- two of the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics -- reflect on the discovery of the Kuiper Belt at the outer edges of the solar system and the excitement of exploring a frontier long thought empty.
Sept. 3, 3:30pm CEST/8:30am EDT, live webcast of 2012 Kavli Prize Science Forum on “Science and Global Health: The Role of Basic Science.” Moderator: BBC's Pallab Ghosh. Public and media are invited to submit questions via Twitter #KavliSF and email: [email protected]
Michael McDonald, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT, and Bradford Benson, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, discuss today's announcement at a NASA press conference of the discovery of the Phoenix Cluster -- a galaxy cluster for the record books.
Neuroscientists are finding that, as we get older, our aging brains are proving surprisingly malleable, and in ways not previously anticipated. But there are limitations.
After more than a decade of research advances, we are learning to measure and manipulate matter to create fundamentally different electronic devices. Three experts discuss what makes those devices unique, how nanotechnology is likely to affect computing, and whether we have the research infrastructure necessary to commercialize today's latest nanoelectronic findings.
Planets simply adrift in space may not only be common in the cosmos; in the Milky Way Galaxy alone, their number may be in the quadrillions. Three experts discuss what this may mean, including how it is conceivable for a nomad planet to sustain life.
Will advances in nanotechnology be a game changer for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer? Four pioneers in the field discuss where things stand and what the future holds.
Three prominent researchers -- Harvard's Avi Loeb, Caltech's Richard Ellis, and Cambridge's George Becker -- discuss how recent and exciting discoveries are moving scientists closer to understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed.
What’s the future for the technology needed to power hybrid and electric cars? The Kavli Foundation discusses this with Popular Science Senior Editor Seth Fletcher, University of Cambridge Professor and Royal Society Kavli Medal winner Clare Grey, and Michigan State University Assistant Professor Jeff Sakamoto.
The Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, receives a major endowment from The Kavli Foundation, joining the family of Kavli Institutes.
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