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Remembering Joseph Polchinski (BS '75)
02/09/2018

Remembering Joseph Polchinski (BS '75)

Whitney Clavin
Joseph Polchinski, lauded for his fundamental contributions to ...
Joseph Polchinski
Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 Planets
02/05/2018

Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 Planets

A new study offers the best measurements yet of the densities of the TRAPPIST-1 planets.
Illustration of seven TRAPPIST-1 planets
Tabletop Approach to Probing Fundamental Laws of Physics
02/01/2018

Tabletop Approach to Probing Fundamental Laws of Physics

Whitney Clavin
Nick Hutzler talks about what drew him to Caltech—first as an ...
Nick Hutzler
Heartbeat Stars and Pulsating Planets
01/24/2018

Heartbeat Stars and Pulsating Planets

Jim Fuller talks about movies he has developed to better understand the pulsations of planets and stars.
Jim Fuller
Flat Metasurface Optics: Watson Lecture Preview
01/11/2018

Flat Metasurface Optics: Watson Lecture Preview

Andrei Faraon will discuss how nanotechnology enables new ways to make optical components.
Andrei Faraon will discuss how nanotechnology enables new ways to make optical components using fabrication processes already developed in the semiconductor industry
Citizen Scientists Discover Five-Planet System
01/11/2018

Citizen Scientists Discover Five-Planet System

Lorinda Dajose
A group of 10,000 citizen scientists from all over the world helped ...
Artist's visualization of an exoplanetary system
Caltech Instrument Achieves "First Light"
01/05/2018

Caltech Instrument Achieves "First Light"

A new Caltech-built instrument at Keck Observatory has captured its first spectral image.
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Caltech's Instrument Makers
01/05/2018

Caltech's Instrument Makers

In this 2017 address, President Rosenbaum discusses the history, future, and critical importance of the instruments designed and ...
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New Faculty Join Caltech in 2017
12/21/2017

New Faculty Join Caltech in 2017

In 2017, Caltech welcomed 20 new faculty members to the Institute's six divisions—specialists in fields ranging from entomology to ...
photo of wistaria on Arms Laboratory at Caltech
Neutron Star Jet Hits a Roadblock
12/20/2017

Neutron Star Jet Hits a Roadblock

Whitney Clavin
Light detected from a neutron star merger is not from a super-fast ...
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