How can we get closer to the world of atoms and molecules? How does energy transform? How do materials’ properties emerge?
Scientists are uncovering the secrets of energy and matter at the scale of atoms, molecules and nanostructures. They are discovering how to precisely control these and their quantum properties to create new types of materials, energy pathways, miniature machines and perhaps even synthetic life.
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Nanoscience Research Highlights
Research Highlights from Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Apr 04, 2022
Nanoscience Research Highlights
Research Highlights from Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Feb 14, 2022
Nanoscience Profile
With acoustics, Mikhail Shapiro has learned to see how genes create proteins in organs, tissues, and even cells deep within the body
Jan 21, 2022
Nanoscience Profile
By probing the human gut microbiome, Ilana Brito hopes to understand how tens of trillions of microbes interact to affect human health
Jan 13, 2022
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Highlights from Kavli Institutes around the world
Dec 16, 2021
Nanoscience Research Highlights
Research highlights from Kavli Institutes in Nanoscience
Dec 16, 2021
Nanoscience Profile
A conversation with Lieven Vandersypen
Dec 07, 2021
Nanoscience Research Highlights
At Kavli Nanoscience Institutes, recent discoveries could have applications around the corner
Dec 03, 2021
Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
- Kavli Energy NanoScience InstituteUniversity of California, Berkeley
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale ScienceCornell University
- Kavli Institute for NanoScience DiscoveryUniversity of Oxford
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience DelftDelft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Kavli Nanoscience InstituteCalifornia Institute of Technology
The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience is awarded for outstanding achievement in the science and application of the unique physical, chemical and biological properties of atomic, molecular, macromolecular, and cellular structures and systems that are manifest in the nanometer scale, including molecular self-assembly, nanomaterials, nanoscale instrumentation, nanobiotechnology, macromolecular synthesis, molecular mechanics and related topics.
Nanoscience deals with the smallest building blocks in nature and will enable us to make new materials and tools, leading an ever-accelerating journey of technological progress.
- Fred Kavli