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01/03/2017

A Gift of History, a Gift for the Future

The path that the late Nobel laureate Donald Glaser (PhD ’50) cut in the scientific world was distinctively Caltech.

12/20/2016

Caltech Computes

Robert Perkins

Now a decade old, Caltech's Information Science and Technology initiative is uniting disciplines across campus by offering new and more effective ways of tackling previously intractable challenges.

12/16/2016

The Mechanical Universe Now on YouTube

Jon Nalick

The critically acclaimed television series The Mechanical Universe… And Beyond, created at Caltech and broadcast on PBS from 1985-86, is now available in its entirety on YouTube.

Image of spaceships and vector math symbols

12/09/2016

Harvey Newman Receives Department of Energy Award

Whitney Clavin

Caltech's Harvey Newman has been granted a lifetime achievement award by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of High Energy Physics.

11/30/2016

LIGO Resumes Search for Gravitational Waves

Whitney Clavin

The twin detectors of LIGO have resumed their search for gravitational waves.

aerial photo of the LIGO facility in Hanford, Washington

11/21/2016

New Clues Emerge in Superconductor Mystery

Whitney Clavin

Researchers are taking steps toward cracking the puzzle of how high-temperature superconductors work.

11/17/2016

Bright Radio Bursts Probe Hidden Matter

Lorinda Dajose

The detection of the most luminous fast radio burst to date brings new insights into the cosmic web between galaxies.

11/16/2016

Manipulating Quantum Order

Kathy Svitil

Researchers have combined magnetic fields and large pressures to induce exotic states of matter, and to nudge them between types of quantum order.

graphic showing electrons and magnetic moments of atoms

11/11/2016

Art Inspired by Astronomy on Display

Whitney Clavin

The frustrations of an 18th-century astronomer inspire a modern-day artist.

10/19/2016

Planet 9 Tied to Sun's Tilt

Robert Perkins

"Planet Nine," which may lurk beyond Neptune, may be the reason that the solar system's planets orbit at a six-degree angle with respect to the sun.

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