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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.
Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87's Black Hole
03/24/2021

Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87's Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration reveals a new view of a black hole.
An image of a black hole
Math Professor Makes Breakthrough in Ramsey Numbers
03/17/2021

Math Professor Makes Breakthrough in Ramsey Numbers

Whitney Clavin
David Conlon and his colleague have dramatically shrunk the uncertainty for a math problem related to the "friends and strangers" theorem.
Abstract picture of dots and lines
The Shape of Star Explosions
03/11/2021

The Shape of Star Explosions

Whitney Clavin
New polarization instrument at Palomar Observatory delivers first results.
Palomar's 200-inch Hale Telescope.
David Hsieh Receives Inaugural Brown Investigator Award
03/10/2021

David Hsieh Receives Inaugural Brown Investigator Award

Whitney Clavin
The Brown Science Foundation has bestowed one of two inaugural Brown Investigator Awards to Professor of Physics David Hsieh.
A portrait of David Hsieh
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Site Decommissioning Plan Approved by Maunakea Management Board
03/05/2021

Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Site Decommissioning Plan Approved by Maunakea Management Board

Caltech hopes to have its plans approved by early 2022, which would enable the physical deconstruction and restoration to begin by summer 2022.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Touchdown! NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
02/18/2021

Touchdown! NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet

Emily Velasco
NASA's latest mission to Mars has successfully landed on the Red Planet.
An artist's rendering of a rover drilling into a rock on the surface of Mars.
A Mars-landing Play-by-Play with JPL's Rob Manning
02/18/2021

A Mars-landing Play-by-Play with JPL's Rob Manning

Emily Velasco
Landing on another planet is no walk in the park. Rob Manning explains what to expect.
An artist's rendering of a spacecraft with hot plasma around it as it passes into the Martian atmosphere.
New Advances Using Exotic Matter May Lead to Ultrafast Computing
02/17/2021

New Advances Using Exotic Matter May Lead to Ultrafast Computing

Whitney Clavin
Caltech researchers have, for the first time, figured out how to "flip the bits" of an excitonic insulator.
Honglie Ning in the lab
Caltech Professors Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
02/16/2021

Caltech Professors Receive Sloan Research Fellowships

Whitney Clavin
Two Caltech faculty members have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships for 2021: Nick Hutzler, assistant professor of physics, and Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering.
Photos of Wei Gao and Nick Hutzler
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