May, 2012: Abe Stroock, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Member of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, has published results in the May 28 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that could lead to new techniques in regenerative medicine and better drug delivery strategies. Read the full PNAS article here (cover story, June 12th edition).

KIC instrumentation projects support the purchase, development, and use of novel scientific tools and approaches for probing the nanoscale. High-risk, high-reward projects are strongly encouraged. TO DO: handle "project call" docx file (upload here, or not, or, find out): https://www.kicnano.cornell.edu/733/

May, 2012: J.C. Séamus Davis, Professor of Physics and Kavli Institute at Cornell Member, and his group have designed and conduced experiments to measure the role played by electron magnetism in an iron-based superconductor. To read the full article in Science, click here. 

May, 2012: Dan Ralph, Professor of Physics and Kavli Institute at Cornell Executive Committee Member, has recently demonstrated the power of the spin Hall effect in the metal tantalum to generate spin currents intense enough to induce efficient spin-torque switching of ferromagnets at room temperature.  To read the article in Science, click here. 

February 7, 2012: The University of Tokyo (Todai) announced today the establishment of an endowment by The Kavli Foundation for the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU).

David Muller, co-director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science and Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics was elected American Physical Society Fellow in Material Physics.

Cornell scientists Salman Avestimehr, David Erickson, John C. March and Kyle Shen are recipients of this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) — the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early-career science and engineering professionals. 

The ability to manipulate light and fluids on a single chip, broadly called "optofluidics," has led to such technologies as liquid-crystal displays and liquid-filled optical fibers for fast data transfer. David Erickson, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science Member, details the inherent challenges of upscaling optofluidic chips to deliver enough energy to make a difference, in a Nature Photonics Review article published online Sept. 11.

At the White House today, President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office with the seven U.S. recipients of the 2010 Kavli Prizes to recognize and honor their seminal contributions to the three fields for which the Prizes are awarded — astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.

Paul McEuen is among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3.