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New from Kavli ENSI Director Peidong Yang and colleagues: Copper nano-flowers can produce valuable materials from sunlight and waste. #perovskite #Sustainability #GreenChemistry #KavliNano
February 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Many key cell structures are too thick for standard cryo-EM.
Now in Nature Methods: Kavli-trained nanoscientist Yue Yu & colleagues describe a technique that boosts contrast 5x in thick biological  samples, sharpening views of proteins, viruses & organelles.

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September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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1/4 The Kavli Foundation is proud to support three featured sessions at the 2026 MRS Spring Meeting spotlighting leaders advancing the frontiers of materials science. If you're attending, don't miss these sessions! #S26MRS #KavliNano 🧵
April 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Featured speaker at the #CarbonHub2025 meeting, #KavliNano Program Officer Jeff Miller shared expertise on advancing fundamental science through partnerships. Learn more about the Carbon Hub and their mission: carbonhub.rice.edu
#SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Many thanks to speakers of the Kavli Foundation Special Symposium 'It's a Quantum World' at #APSSummit25!

⚛️ Jie Shan, James Werner, Nicole Yunger Halpern, Ken Brown (chair), Ekkehard Peik, Evgeniya Kirilina

#KavliNano @apsphysics.bsky.social @nicoleyh11.bsky.social @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The Kavli Foundation's nanoscience Program Officer Jeff Miller joined a conversation at #CERAWeek 2025 about how collaborations between industry, philanthropies and academia can accelerate basic science.

#CWAgora #KavliNano #CarbonHub #AdvancedMaterials
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Exciting research from the lab of Kavli Institute Director Carol Robinson! #KavliNano
kavlioxford.bsky.social Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford @kavlioxford.bsky.social · Jan 16
Watch Corinne Lutomski and Jack Bennett discuss their latest #publication, "Defining proteoform-specific interactions for drug targeting in a native cell signaling environment," featured in Nature Chemistry.

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Behind the Paper: Corinne Lutomski on Proteoform-specific targeting in cell signaling.
YouTube video by Kavli Nano
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January 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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We're proud to be a flagship sponsor of #BasicScience at the #CarbonHub. Discover how researchers are redefining the meaning of carbon nanotubes—and the future of #SustainableMaterials —in this recap of the annual meeting

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May 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Scientists at Kavli Institute at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social (KIC) have cracked a century-old mystery of how plants communicate & advocate for cross-disciplinary collaboration to crack the tough challenges of agriculture needed to feed the world. bit.ly/44dT3RZ

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A century-old mystery of how plants communicate has been solved by Vesna Bacheva.
June 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Many thanks to Nicholas Jackson, the 2025 @acs.org Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecturer, for an inspiring talk at #ACSspring2025!
Pictured with ACS President Dorothy Phillips and Kavli Foundation President Cynthia Friend. #KavliNano
March 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Cross-disciplinary conversations taught Archana Raja to research beyond traditional boundaries. Now she investigates single-atom-thin materials with implications for quantum computing, energy conversion & more. See her journey in the Kavli network. www.kavlifoundation.org/news/the-kav...

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May 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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#KavliNano Program Officer Jeff Miller will be an #CWAgora speaker at #CERAWeek 2025 discussing The Carbon Hub: A public-private partnership leading the way to a sustainable carbon economy.

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March 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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We are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking initiative by The Kavli Foundation, @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and philanthropist Kevin Wells to advance 3D quantum materials and next-gen superconductors.
#KavliNano #quantum #AI #nanoscience

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Next-Generation Superconductors
The Kavli Foundation, Klaus Tschira Foundation, and Kevin Wells partner to support next-generation superconductors through artificial intelligence and quantum geometry
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February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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New from Kavli ENSI scientists & colleagues: Researchers have designed a recyclable composite using nano-confined polymer tangles—strong like epoxy, but reversible. A new path for #SustainableMaterials.

#KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #MaterialsScience

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A new way to engineer composite materials
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April 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Coming up at @acs.org's #ACSFall2025, two inspiring Kavli keynotes:

Mon (8/18): The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry
Tues (8/19): The Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry

We're proud to sponsor these sessions and look forward to seeing you there. bit.ly/45QrkJ9

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August 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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New from the Kavli Nanoscience Institute
@caltech.edu and colleagues: discovery of an unexpected superconducting order in 2D iron materials, made possible with STM wizardry! #KavliNano #Superconductivity #Quantum

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Caltech-led Team Finds New Superconducting State
<p data-block-key="6tthl">A new experimental approach to examining thin samples of superconducting materials led to the discovery of a missing piece of the puzzle from both theoretical and experimenta...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A huge thank you to all the incredible speakers at #S25MRS this week—including Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture speakers Jim De Yoreo & David Baker!👏 We're honored to have supported your talks, which were thought-provoking and inspiring. #MaterialsScience #KavliNano @materials-mrs.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Congrats to Scott Cushing of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute @caltech.edu for being named a 2025 Sloan Research Fellow! 🎉 He's one of three Caltech professors honored this year.
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Trio of Caltech Professors Named Sloan Fellows
Scott Cushing, Ryan Hadt, and Kareem El-Badry awarded with Sloan fellowships.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The Kavli Berkeley Discovery Fellows program at Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) is a new approach to teach research independence to help students become leaders in nanoscience, energy conversion, utilization, and efficiency. Learn more: bit.ly/3UOe3dM

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August 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Join the Kavli Foundation for our Emerging Leader in #Chemistry Lecture @acs.org Spring Meeting, where we'll hear from Rachel Carter on how temperature shapes battery performance, safety & longevity on Monday, March 23. Join in-person or online. Info here: www.acs.org/events/sprin...

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March 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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This week at #APSSummit25, don't miss two Kavli Foundation Special Symposia:
🔭 Exploring the Cosmos - Wed
⚛️ It's a Quantum World - Thurs

We're proud to sponsor these sessions and look forward to inspiring talks! #KavliAstro #KavliNano @apsphysics.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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We congratulate Prof. Andrei Faraon on his appointment as Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at @caltech.edu, who will continue to build on the outstanding work of his predecessor Prof. Julia Greer.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3Hy6bKC

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Andrei Faraon Named Director of Kavli Nanoscience Institute
The professor of applied physics and electrical engineering takes over at the helm of KNI following nearly six years of Julia Greer's leadership
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August 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Next week at #S25MRS, don't miss exciting Kavli events:
🧬Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture
💡Symposium X-MRS-Kavli Frontiers of Materials

We’re proud to sponsor these sessions & look forward to groundbreaking discussions in #MaterialsScience! #KavliNano
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April 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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A central theme in quantum mechanics is that particles confined in nano sized boxes do fascinating things!

We salute scientists who, driven by curiosity and ingenuity, continue to unlock the mysteries of the nano world.

bit.ly/4kreMfh & bit.ly/46xDLKA

#IYQ2025 #KavliNano @carlospaya.bsky.social
Quantum at 100: Honoring achievement, envisioning tomorrow
The Kavli Foundation celebrates the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
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July 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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🎉 Congrats to Berkeley Professors Kristin Persson, Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute member, and Stuart Russell, Co-Director of the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public on their election to the National Academy of Engineering! 👏 @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #KavliNano #KavliInstitute
berkeleyengineer.bsky.social UC Berkeley Engineering @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social · Feb 11
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that three UC Berkeley engineering faculty members — Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer — have been elected to its ranks. The number of engineering faculty members in the NAE is now 73.
Three UC Berkeley engineering professors named to NAE - Berkeley Engineering
Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer inducted by the prestigious organization
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February 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM