Kavli Affiliate: Austin Minnich | Summary:Thermal laser evaporation is a physical vapor deposition technique of increasing interest because of its ability to evaporate essentially any solid element, even the most refractory such as W. However, many films deposited by this method, especially non-epitaxial films, remain to be characterized; further, key system components such as the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Ankit Disa | Summary:Photo-induced ferroelectricity in the quantum paraelectric SrTiO$_3$ involves the dynamical interplay between a coherently driven Ti-O stretching vibration and multiple structural degrees of freedom, including antiferrodistortive rotations, strain, and the polar mode instability. In the high-temperature cubic phase, in the absence of average antiferrodistortion, time-resolved X-ray diffuse scattering has evidenced […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xin Duan and Massimo Scanziani | Authors: Xinxin Ge, Xing Wei, Baixi Ruan, Qin Ying Wu, Siyuan Chang, Nicole Tsai, Shaobo Zhang, Xin Duan and Massimo Scanziani | Summary: The hierarchical organization of sensory cortices and the rich molecular taxonomy of their cell types are defining features of the mammalian cortex. Cortical areas […]
Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao| Summary:Reasoning models are increasingly used in settings where the final answer is not the only object of review: educational tools may show students intermediate steps, decision-support systems may require human oversight, and audit workflows may inspect traces for misleading or biased input. In such settings, two responses can receive the same […]
Kavli Affiliate: Reza Shadmehr | Authors: Mohammad Amin Fakharian, Elijah A Taeckens, Alexander N Vasserman, Alden Shoup and Reza Shadmehr | Summary: We tend to think of neurons as either excitatory or inhibitory, but certain neurons chemically inhibit their downstream targets while electrically exciting their neighbors. For example, in the cerebellum, molecular layer interneurons (MLIs) […]
Kavli Affiliate: Li Zhao | Authors: Megan Outram, Zhao Li, Michael Kuiper, Simon J Williams, Melania Figueroa, Peter Dodds and Jana Sperschneider | Summary: Rust fungi are significant threats to global food security, causing substantial damage to crops through their ability to adapt and evolve new strains that overcome resistance. These obligate biotrophs infect host […]
Kavli Affiliate: Tim H. Taminiau | Summary:Quantum networks based on optically active solid-state spins may enable quantum technologies including long-range quantum communication and distributed quantum computing. Network nodes containing multiple high-fidelity qubits can facilitate large-scale fault-tolerant operation. However, the stringent error thresholds remain out of reach for multi-qubit registers. In this work, we demonstrate high-fidelity […]
Kavli Affiliate: Rui Costa and Darcy Peterka | Authors: nes Rodrigues-Vaz, Vivek R. Athalye, Helio F. M. Rodrigues, Darcy S. Peterka and Rui M. Costa | Summary: The striatum is classically thought to modulate action vigor and reinforcement, but whether it specifies and controls ongoing actions at a fine scale remains unclear. Here, we test […]
Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vogelsberger | Summary:Understanding the sources and evolution of cosmic reionization remains a central challenge in astrophysics, with the escape of ionizing Lyman-continuum (LyC) photons from early galaxies representing a major uncertainty. In this work, we use more than 35,000 galaxy realisations from the THESAN-ZOOM cosmological radiation-hydrodynamic simulations to identify indirect diagnostics of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Laura Schaefer | Summary:Sub-Neptunes’ molten interiors are expected to accommodate large quantities of volatiles, potentially altering their radius evolution. Previous studies have examined this effect in isolation with simplified evolution modeling, often assuming idealized interior and atmospheric conditions. To address this limitation, we introduce SEAMIST, a unified evolution model for sub-Neptunes and super-Earths […]