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Canadian Universities Join Consortium to Build Telescope in Chile
03/28/2011

Canadian Universities Join Consortium to Build Telescope in Chile

Lori Oliwenstein
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TMT Permit Approved
03/02/2011

TMT Permit Approved

Kathy Svitil
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) got one step closer to realization ...
Daraio Awarded Sloan Fellowship
02/16/2011

Daraio Awarded Sloan Fellowship

Kathy Svitil
Caltech's Chiara Daraio is among this year's crop of Sloan ...
Asteroids Ahoy! Jupiter Scar Likely from Rocky Body
01/31/2011

Asteroids Ahoy! Jupiter Scar Likely from Rocky Body

Allison Benter
A hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar ...
Plasmonic Metamaterials: From Microscopes to Invisibility Cloaks
01/20/2011

Plasmonic Metamaterials: From Microscopes to Invisibility Cloaks

Lori Oliwenstein
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Ellis Awarded Gold Medal
01/14/2011

Ellis Awarded Gold Medal

Marcus Woo
Richard Ellis, the Steele Family Professor of Astronomy, has ...
Richard Ellis
Astronomers Discover Close-knit Pairs of Massive Black Holes
01/12/2011

Astronomers Discover Close-knit Pairs of Massive Black Holes

Marcus Woo
Astronomers at Caltech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
The Frontiers of Physics
01/06/2011

The Frontiers of Physics

Marcus Woo
If your New Year's resolution is to be more organized and orderly, ...
Caltech Establishes Four Research Programs
12/31/2010

Caltech Establishes Four Research Programs

Marcus Woo
Caltech is embarking on four research programs that intend to ...
Make Your Own Flake
12/20/2010

Make Your Own Flake

Lori Oliwenstein
With little more than a plastic soda bottle, some fishing line, a ...