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On October 5, three scientists—Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Karl Deisseroth—were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of optogenetics, a revolutionary tool that allows neuroscientists to use light to turn on and off individ... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will open its doors to pre-ticketed visitors Saturday for a two-day event celebrating its 90th anniversary, offering a look at the facilities and technology used to explore the solar system and beyond. The popular “Explore JPL”... More »
This morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission successfully launched to the International Space Station, commanded by NASA astronaut and former Caltech postdoc Jessica Watkins. The crew of four astronauts will perform research, technology demonstrations, and main... More »
The family of the late Morton La Kretz has given the Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator its lab building on East Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena, securing a permanent home for the nonprofit, the incubator said. The incubator supports early-stage life science ... More »
A quick search of humanoid robot videos will deliver demonstrations of two-legged robots playing soccer, dancing, jumping several feet in the air, even competing in kickboxing matches. It is all dazzling, certainly. But roboticist Aaron Ames, the Booth-Kresa L... More »
Some cases of infertility may begin before a person is born — very early in embryonic development, when the cells that will one day become eggs and sperm first appear. A Pasadena laboratory now has $2.4 million from the state to study that early moment. The gr... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is leading the U.S. component of a U.S.-India satellite mission that has documented the months-long spread of lava from a long-dormant volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, producing a time-lapse view that highli... More »
Smoke from the Eaton Fire sent toxic airborne contaminants soaring downwind, including lead levels up to 250 times above normal, but pollution returned to background levels within roughly six days after the flames were extinguished, according to findings from ... More »
LA Tech Week returns to Los Angeles from Oct. 12 to 18, an a16z-backed sprawl of hundreds of independently hosted events — dinners, panels, demos and mixers scattered across the county. Pasadena, in Los Angeles County, has claimed a corner of it. The local ho... More »
A geologic area on Mars that scientists expected to hold lakeshore sediment instead holds igneous rock that interacted with water on at least three separate occasions, according to a study published Monday that draws on data from NASA’s Perseverance rover. The... More »
What is the future of scientific discovery in the new age of artificial intelligence (AI)? This question inspired a recent special double issue of Daedalus, the official quarterly academic journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Two researchers a... More »
Two ocean-monitoring satellites carrying instruments contributed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena are measuring sea levels during a strengthening El Niño, and the laboratory says the data will help produce more accurate hurricane predictions. Th... More »
