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Two Faculty Awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
04/17/2023

Two Faculty Awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships

Alyce Torrice
Computer scientist Anima Anandkumar and physicist Hirosi Ooguri received the prestigious award, with funds to pursue their research
Headshots of Ooguri and Anandkumar
India Approves Construction of Its Own LIGO
04/17/2023

India Approves Construction of Its Own LIGO

Whitney Clavin
LIGO-India will greatly improve the localization of sources of gravitational waves.
A rendering of the LIGO India site in the state of Maharashtra.
Caltech Outreach Captivates Crowds at City of STEM and Los Angeles Maker Faire
04/14/2023

Caltech Outreach Captivates Crowds at City of STEM and Los Angeles Maker Faire

Julia Ehlert
Caltech students shared research and science demonstrations with families at Los Angeles STEAM engagement fair
Caltech students share a demonstration with a young girl
What Is Quantum Computing?
04/14/2023

What Is Quantum Computing?

Many researchers believe that quantum computers will complement rather than replace our conventional technologies.
quantum computer
Test Your Quantum Knowledge with These Jeopardy Clues From Caltech's Spiros Michalakis
04/14/2023

Test Your Quantum Knowledge with These Jeopardy Clues From Caltech's Spiros Michalakis

Andrew Moseman
The Jeopardy! category celebrates World Quantum Day this Friday, April 14.
Spiros Michalakis wearing a blue shirt and a baseball hat that reads
Astronaut Jessica Watkins Visits Caltech
04/12/2023

Astronaut Jessica Watkins Visits Caltech

Julia Ehlert
The former Caltech postdoctoral alumna shared the story of her career and time in space as the first Black woman to crew the ISS.
Jessica Watkins poses for a photo with the crowd in Beckman Auditorium
Laboratory Solar Flares Reveal Clues to Mechanism Behind Bursts of High-Energy Particles
04/06/2023

Laboratory Solar Flares Reveal Clues to Mechanism Behind Bursts of High-Energy Particles

Robert Perkins
Like a rope breaking strand by strand, solar flares kink and break when too much current flows through them, triggering massive blasts of X-rays
Simulated loop
Can Cosmic Collisions Be Predicted Before They Happen?
03/10/2023

Can Cosmic Collisions Be Predicted Before They Happen?

Whitney Clavin
LIGO researchers are developing early-warning software to nab neutron-star mergers more quickly .
Artwork of colliding neutron stars
Physicists Create New Model of Ringing Black Holes
02/21/2023

Physicists Create New Model of Ringing Black Holes

Whitney Clavin
New analysis shows “nonlinear” effects contained in gravitational waves.
Simulation of a black hole merger.
"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together
02/09/2023

"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together

Julia Ehlert
Caltech’s astronomy outreach group hosted an event for community members to see and learn about the “green comet” discovered by Caltech-led Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at Palomar Observatory.
A cluster of stars as seen through a telescope's eyepiece, with a glowing green blob in the middle