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Virtual Learning Helped Push Caltech Physics Labs into the Future
06/10/2021

Virtual Learning Helped Push Caltech Physics Labs into the Future

Andrew Moseman
A new approach to teaching undergraduate physics labs not only adapted the courses for remote learning but also taught students valuable practical skills.
Portrait of Eric Black
CIBER-2 Takes Its First Flight
06/07/2021

CIBER-2 Takes Its First Flight

The instrument to measure a cosmic infrared glow will take multiple short flights aboard a sounding rocket.
Richard Feder-Staehle, Chi Nguyen, and Rick Evavold of the CIBER-2 team working on the CIBER-2 payload.
Magnetism Drives Metals to Insulators in New Experiment
06/04/2021

Magnetism Drives Metals to Insulators in New Experiment

Whitney Clavin
New study provides tools to probe novel spintronic devices.
An illustration of domains divided by a domain wall.
Three Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
05/01/2021

Three Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Lori Dajose
Alexei Kitaev, Ellen Rothenberg, and Anneila Sargent (MS '67, PhD '77) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in a year where a record number of women have been elected.
Seeing Quadruple
04/07/2021

Seeing Quadruple

Whitney Clavin
Machine-learning methods lead to discovery of rare "quadruply imaged quasars" that can help solve cosmological puzzles.
A picture of one of the quasar quads
Small Telescopes, Big Science
04/06/2021

Small Telescopes, Big Science

Whitney Clavin
A quest to open up the dynamic, infrared sky begins.
Gattin Telescope
From Caltech Magazine: Where is Dark Matter Hiding?
04/01/2021

From Caltech Magazine: Where is Dark Matter Hiding?

Scientists turn to new ideas and experiments in the search for dark matter particles.
illustration image of gas flowing into the center of a galaxy via dark matter filaments
Women Advocating for Women
03/30/2021

Women Advocating for Women

Judy Hill
Women-led groups across campus provide support and community, an effect that is multiplied when they come together under the umbrella of Caltech's Women's Engagement Board.
a blue tie dye t-shirt with the logo for women in BBE
Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé Awarded Vilcek Prize
03/29/2021

Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé Awarded Vilcek Prize

Whitney Clavin
Professor of Physics Ibrahim Cissé has been named one of the 2021 recipients of the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science.
Ibrahim Cissé
Radioactive Molecules May Help Solve Mystery of Missing Antimatter
03/26/2021

Radioactive Molecules May Help Solve Mystery of Missing Antimatter

Whitney Clavin
Caltech physicists figure out a way to use "lumpier" radioactive molecules to search for symmetry violations in fundamental physics.
An artistic representation of the structure of the radium monomethoxide ion, or RaOCH3+, used in the new study.
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