Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable energy sources, such as sunlight. But there are still areas where carbon-based fuel remains the standard, such as in the aviation industry.... More »
Thomas Rosenbaum, President of Caltech and a renowned expert in quantum physics, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang in April for a conversation about the emerging field of quantum technology. The event on Thursday, April 10, 6:30 p.m., will take... More »
In response to the Eaton fire that destroyed air quality monitoring equipment in Altadena, Caltech researchers have established a new PHOENIX network of particulate air quality sensors to provide residents and officials with real-time data on airborne dust lev... More »
High school students who spent weeks designing, assembling, and testing 125-pound rolling robots put their fast-moving creations into the ring over the weekend, facing off at the annual Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics Competition, an event supported by NAS... More »
Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it may first appear to remain motionless—it needs a lot more force to start sliding visibly. Similarly, if you slowly start tilting the ta... More »
Global sea levels rose at a higher-than-anticipated rate in 2024, according to a NASA-led analysis that included significant contributions from researchers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Communities in coastal areas such as F... More »
Recent uncharacteristic rainy weather spoiled original plans to host the 40th annual ME 72 Engineering Design Competition on Beckman Lawn. But the students of ME 72, their TAs, and instructors made the most of the change, hosting the capstone competition inste... More »
Two NASA missions that will expand our understanding of both the universe’s origins and our nearest star are now in orbit following a successful launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base yesterday. NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History ... More »
In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The observatory will map the entire celestial sky four times in two years, creating a 3D map of over 450 ... More »
Ross Brockwell (MS ’01) had plenty of time to mull over what he wanted for his first meal back on Earth. On June 25, 2023, the Caltech alum and three crewmates sealed the door of their 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The door woul... More »
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24. Three science instruments will contin... More »
When John Truong walked into his local donut shop seven years ago, he was not expecting to walk out on a path to Caltech. The former animator found himself at a crossroads after a decade spent working on major Hollywood films such as Frozen, How to Train Your ... More »
