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Caltech and Broadcom Announce Quantum Research and Development Partnership
12/11/2023

Caltech and Broadcom Announce Quantum Research and Development Partnership

Investment will create an innovation, collaboration hub to support world-leading scientists and engineers in quantum science, computing, and related fields.
circuit board, quantum graphics
Entanglement to the Rescue
11/28/2023

Entanglement to the Rescue

Whitney Clavin
Scientists propose new method to search for deviations from the Standard Model of physics
Artwork depicting entangled molecules.
Software in Science
11/21/2023

Software in Science

Cynthia Eller
The Schmidt Academy at Caltech trains software engineers and helps provide scientists with the software tools they need to accelerate pathbreaking scientific research.
five students sit around a table talking and drinking beverages
Warping Spacetime in Art and Verse
10/27/2023

Warping Spacetime in Art and Verse

Cynthia Eller
Artist Lia Halloran and astrophysicist Kip Thorne have collaborated on a new book, The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves, which will be released on October 31, 2023.
painting of what a sea of wormholes might look like by Lia Halloran
Gary A. Lorden (BS '62), (1941–2023)
10/27/2023

Gary A. Lorden (BS '62), (1941–2023)

Gary Allen Lorden (BS '62), professor of mathematics, emeritus, passed away on October 25, 2023. He was 82.
Gary Lorden
LIGO Surpasses the Quantum Limit
10/23/2023

LIGO Surpasses the Quantum Limit

Whitney Clavin
Researchers have achieved a landmark in quantum squeezing.
Picture of the source of squeezed light at LIGO, after it was pumped with green light.
Eclipse Viewing Party Draws Hundreds to Caltech
10/16/2023

Eclipse Viewing Party Draws Hundreds to Caltech

Jon Nalick
During the event, Caltech astronomers deliver lecture on the celestial phenomenon.
Four teenage girls wearing eclipse glasses on athletic field
Eclipse Viewing Party Draws Hundreds to Caltech
10/16/2023

Eclipse Viewing Party Draws Hundreds to Caltech

Jon Nalick
During the event, Caltech astronomers deliver lecture on the celestial phenomenon.
Four teenage girls wearing eclipse glasses on athletic field
A New Way to Erase Quantum Computer Errors
10/11/2023

A New Way to Erase Quantum Computer Errors

Whitney Clavin
Researchers have made the first demonstrations of identifying and removing "erasure" errors
Artwork showing a quantum error glowing in an array of atoms.
Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award
10/03/2023

Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award

Cynthia Eller
Michael Roukes, Caltech's Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering, has been awarded the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Director's Transformative Research Award.
Michael Roukes giving TED talk