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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration reveals a new view of a black hole.

The 10-year research program began in 2013 and aims to create a global supply of affordable, renewable, clean energy

The decision will lead to the renaming of three campus buildings, including Millikan Library, and a student residence, and other assets and honors.

Caltech postdoctoral researcher Jessica Watkins will be among the newest generation of American astronauts

Biophysicist Rob Phillips has been awarded the 2020–'21 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Hosea Nelson, a Caltech alum, returns to campus as a professor of chemistry.

Distinguished geochemist and space scientist brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in academic and government service to JPL

A new LIGO Laboratory study demonstrates how the minuscule happenings of the quantum world can affect large, everyday objects.

The center will unite researchers exploring quantum systems and their potential uses.

The gift will advance new solutions to renewable energy and sustainability challenges.

For her work on the directed evolution method of bioengineering enzymes, Frances Arnold has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The triple detectors of LIGO and Virgo have spotted five new gravitational-wave signals since turning back on.

Jensen (Jen-Hsun) Huang, Founder and CEO of technology company NVIDIA will deliver the keynote address at Caltech’s 130th Annual Commencement Ceremony on June 14, 2024.

WAVE Fellows program for underrepresented students in STEM to double in size

The coalition of 20 research institutions, liberal arts colleges, and public universities in the West took action on behalf of more than 50,000 international students.

Caltech celebrates 2020 and 2021 graduates who had their degrees conferred through virtual commencement ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic with remarks ...

Nergis Mavalvala has been named dean of the MIT School of Science. The astrophysicist and associate head of physics will succeed Michael Sipser.

Legendary geologist Leon Silver (PhD '55), who taught Apollo astronauts how to perform field geology on the moon, has died.

Rapid ongoing progress in quantum information science makes this an apt time for a Solvay Conference focused on The Physics of Quantum Information. Here I review four intertwined themes...

On May 11 and 12, Caltech will celebrate the memorable Richard Feynman with a two-day event that includes some of the world's top physicists.

A systematic search for copies of the first edition of Newton's Principia (1687) unearthed copies in at least 27 countries, yielding new insights about how people engaged with the famous book.

Murray succeeds Steve Mayo, who served as chair from 2010–2020

David Van Valen (PhD '11) has been named a 2020 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar for his research into viruses.

Gordon Moore, Caltech Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus, who was a cofounder of Intel Corporation and a driving force in the creation of Silicon Valley, passed away on March 24.

Neuroscientist Mark Konishi passed away on July 23 at the age of 87.

Introductory Machine Learning course covering theory, algorithms and applications. Our focus is on real understanding, not just "knowing."

Caltech's high-energy physics group uncovers an ultra-rare process in the search for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider.

Kimberly See, an assistant professor of chemistry, has won a 2019 Beckman Young Investigator Award.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to key members of LIGO team.

By better understanding anxiety circuits in our brains, researchers may learn what goes awry in people with anxiety disorders.

A research team at the California Institute of Technology measured Taylor Swift’s concert tremors, known as “Swift quakes,” around her SoFi stadium shows and found that her tens of thousands of fans...

A space solar power testbed launched into orbit in January has transmitted energy wirelessly using fabric-like transmitting arrays.