NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope, managed by Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has officially begun its scientific operations, embarking on an unprecedented mission to map the entire sky in 102 infrared wavelengths. The observatory, which launched on March 1... More »
Four members of the Caltech faculty are among the 120 members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest professional honors that can be bestowed upon a sci... More »
Growing up in West Virginia, Scott Cushing knew little about scientific laboratories or careers, but he loved to tinker with mechanical things, and he repaired cars for money and for fun. Lasers first captivated him as an undergraduate at West Virginia Univers... More »
Emmy-Award winning journalist Emily Chang will discuss artificial intelligence and emerging technology trends at Pasadena’s long-running Distinguished Speaker Series on May 21. The former Bloomberg Technology host and bestselling author will deliver her presen... More »
Caltech in Pasadena will host an online discussion about air quality and health concerns following the recent Los Angeles fires. The free webinar, “Conversations After the Fires: Air Quality and Health,” will take place Friday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. S... More »
A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling scientists to detect viruses in samples and study how they impact biological functions. The number of individual viruses on Earth is n... More »
NASA collected a total of 12 recognitions at the 29th Annual Webby Awards on Tuesday — including scoring ‘honors’ for a groundbreaking deep space video transmission managed by Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The space agency received six Webby Awards and... More »
Perhaps you have never taken a moment to wonder whether a whale has a belly button. To Rob Phillips, Caltech’s Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics, it is exactly the kind of intellectual exercise that amplifies curiosity and lea... More »
The discovery of a mineral called siderite at a site nicknamed “Ubajara” may help solve the mystery of what happened to the Red Planet’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. The discovery of a mineral called siderite at a site nicknamed “Ubajara” may help solve the... More »
Eshaan Patheria, a Caltech graduate student in chemistry, is one of 30 young scientists from around the world to receive the inaugural Inflection Award, an honor celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to address climate change. Patheria was r... More »
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this m... More »
Have you ever been so laser focused on a task—playing a video game, reading an engrossing book, and so on—that when you look up, hours have suddenly gone by? This is commonly referred to as flow state: a state of absorbed concentration and a distorted sense of... More »
