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LIGO establishes"first lock"
10/20/2000

LIGO establishes"first lock"

Robert Tindol
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Astronomers improve "cosmic yardstick" by measuringdistance to star in Gemini with Palomar Testbed Interferometer
09/27/2000

Astronomers improve "cosmic yardstick" by measuringdistance to star in Gemini with Palomar Testbed Interferometer

Robert Tindol
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NSF funds new Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech
09/13/2000

NSF funds new Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech

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Physicists observe the quantum of heat flow
04/27/2000

Physicists observe the quantum of heat flow

Robert Tindol
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Cosmologists reveal first detailed images of early universe
04/26/2000

Cosmologists reveal first detailed images of early universe

Robert Tindol

Caltech cosmologists and other scientists involved in an international collaboration have released the first detailed images of the universe in its infancy.

BOOMERANG image of the early universe.
Caltech scientists develop first microscopic system of pumps and valves made from soft materials
04/06/2000

Caltech scientists develop first microscopic system of pumps and valves made from soft materials

Robert Tindol
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Caltech grad student's team first to detect radio emission from a brown dwarf
03/14/2000

Caltech grad student's team first to detect radio emission from a brown dwarf

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East and West Antarctica once began separating but then stopped, new research shows
03/08/2000

East and West Antarctica once began separating but then stopped, new research shows

Robert Tindol
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Physicists create atom-cavity microscope, track single atoms bound in orbit with single photons
02/24/2000

Physicists create atom-cavity microscope, track single atoms bound in orbit with single photons

Robert Tindol
In a promising development with applications to science at the single-atom level, physicists have constructed an "atom-cavity microscope" that tracks the motion of individual atoms.
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Astrobiologists should look for both water and energy sources when searching for life on other worlds, researcher says
02/19/2000

Astrobiologists should look for both water and energy sources when searching for life on other worlds, researcher says

Robert Tindol
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