Kavli Affiliate: Shunsaku Horiuchi | First 5 Authors: Shigenobu Hirose, Shigenobu Hirose, , , | Summary: The third “Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter” (MD$nu$DM’25) meeting was held May 20-23, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan, hosted by the Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). These proceedings compile contributions […]
Kavli Affiliate: Ali Hajimiri | First 5 Authors: Antonio Victor Machado de Oliveira, Antonio Victor Machado de Oliveira, , , | Summary: Electrical impedance tomography with fully integrated microfluidics and electronics is presented for the first time in a CMOS chip. Chambers and electrodes are fabricated in the interconnect layers of a 65 nm CMOS […]
Kavli Affiliate: James Bock | First 5 Authors: Sean Bryan, Sean Bryan, , , | Summary: SPHEREx is a NASA infrared astronomy mission that launched on March 12th, 2025 and is operating successfully in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission is currently observing the entire sky in 102 spectral channels in four independent all-sky surveys and […]
Kavli Affiliate: Patrick Kanold | Authors: Yunru Chen, Chih-Ting Chen, Yuhan Gui and Patrick O Kanold | Summary: Sound harmonicity is foundational in complex auditory stimuli like music and vocalizations but it remains unclear how such spectrally complex stimuli are processed in the auditory cortex (ACtx). Subregions of the auditory cortex process are thought to […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Charbonneau | First 5 Authors: Matthew C. H. Leung, Matthew C. H. Leung, , , | Summary: An increasing number of applications in exoplanetary science require spectrographs with high resolution and high throughput without the need for a broad spectral range. Examples include the search for biosignatures through the detection of the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Troy A. Porter | First 5 Authors: Shmuel Bialy, Shmuel Bialy, , , | Summary: Stars and planets form within cold, dark molecular clouds. In these dense regions, where starlight cannot penetrate, cosmic rays (CRs) are the dominant source of ionization — driving interstellar chemistry(Dalgarno (2006, PNAS, 103, 12269)), setting the gas temperature(Goldsmith […]
Kavli Affiliate: Erin Kara | First 5 Authors: Joheen Chakraborty, Joheen Chakraborty, , , | Summary: Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) are luminous, recurring X-ray outbursts from galactic nuclei, with timescales of hours to days. While their origin remains uncertain, leading models invoke accretion disk instabilities or the interaction of a massive black hole (MBH) with a […]
Kavli Affiliate: D. B. Macfarlane | First 5 Authors: M. F. Albakry, M. F. Albakry, , , | Summary: SuperCDMS SNOLAB uses kilogram-scale germanium and silicon detectors to search for dark matter. Each detector has Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) patterned on the top and bottom faces of a large crystal substrate, with the TESs electrically […]
Kavli Affiliate: Bruce Macintosh | First 5 Authors: Aditya R. Sengupta, Aditya R. Sengupta, , , | Summary: Photonic lanterns (PLs) are fiber-based waveguides that are capable of focal-plane wavefront sensing while simultaneously directing light to downstream science instruments. The optimal choice of wavefront reconstruction algorithm has yet to be determined, and likely depends on […]
Kavli Affiliate: Susan E. Clark | First 5 Authors: Marta Nowotka, Marta Nowotka, , , | Summary: We present a joint analysis of HI absorption Zeeman measurements and the morphology of filamentary HI emission to investigate the three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field in the diffuse neutral interstellar medium (ISM). Our analysis is based on […]