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2021: Year in Review
12/15/2021

2021: Year in Review

Kathy Svitil
A look back at the Institute news of 2021.
A collage of science images
Transforming Materials with Light
12/08/2021

Transforming Materials with Light

Whitney Clavin
Researchers have figured out a way to use lasers to alter materials without the creation of damaging heat.
A strong laser is seen illuminating a material in a low-temperature chamber.
New Quantum Measurement Center Launched by Sherman Fairchild Foundation Grant
12/06/2021

New Quantum Measurement Center Launched by Sherman Fairchild Foundation Grant

Ann Motrunich
A new grant enables construction of laboratories at Caltech that will integrate gravitational-wave science and quantum precision measurement.
tabletop optics in a laboratory
Exoplanet Bonanza
12/01/2021

Exoplanet Bonanza

New planetary candidates found by sifting through archival Kepler Telescope data.
Artist's rendering of two Saturn-sized planets orbiting a Sun-like star.
Watson Lecture on November 10: Xie Chen on Quantum Matter
11/03/2021

Watson Lecture on November 10: Xie Chen on Quantum Matter

Andrew Moseman
On November 10, Caltech professor of theoretical physics Xie Chen will give a Watson Lecture on "Quantum Matters."
Photo of Xie Chen
#SoCaltech: Andy Boyle
10/27/2021

#SoCaltech: Andy Boyle

Jon Nalick
Andy Boyle is a Science Data Analyst with IPAC with the NASA Exoplanet Archive and organizes Wednesday morning trail runs with the Caltech Alpine Club.
Andy Boyle running in the mountains
Caltech and Amazon Partner to Create New Hub of Quantum Computing
10/26/2021

Caltech and Amazon Partner to Create New Hub of Quantum Computing

Whitney Clavin
The partnership could lead to pioneering quantum computing technologies for a range of fields.
Photograph of the AWS Center for Quantum Computing at Caltech.
How Long Does a Neutron Live?
10/13/2021

How Long Does a Neutron Live?

Whitney Clavin
Physicists use "bottle" method to make most precise measurement yet of a neutron's lifetime.
Artistic image of a bottle with neutrons.
New on the Caltech Science Exchange: Quantum Science and Technology
10/11/2021

New on the Caltech Science Exchange: Quantum Science and Technology

Alyce Torrice
Learn about core concepts in quantum physics and explore the promise of quantum technologies
Illustration of a quantum computer with two people next to it, one in a wheelchair
NSF Establishes New Institutes for Harnessing the Data Revolution
09/29/2021

NSF Establishes New Institutes for Harnessing the Data Revolution

Caltech is a partner in one of the five institutes, the NSF Institute for Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery (A3D3), which aims to construct the knowledge essential for real-time applications of artificial intelligence in three fields of science: high-energy physics, systems neuroscience, and multi-messenger astrophysics.
matthew graham diagram