Physicists searching for a better understanding of quantum gravity stumbled upon something unexpected: the defining…
Browsing: California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned research university located in Pasadena, California, known for its rigorous academics and pioneering contributions to science and engineering. With a strong focus on fundamental research, Caltech has been at the forefront of breakthroughs in fields such as physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, and computer science. Home to influential scientists and numerous Nobel laureates, Caltech operates major research facilities like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which plays a key role in NASA’s space exploration missions. The institute fosters a collaborative environment that pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery and technological innovation on both a national and global scale.
A new mathematical investigation challenges long-held assumptions about how to model randomness. At any given…
Antibiotic resistance is rising fast, killing tens of thousands each year in the U.S. alone—and…
Caltech’s new fiber-like photonic chips achieve record-low visible-light loss, enabling more coherent lasers and next-generation…
A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and…
A double explosion may have generated both gravitational waves and light. When the largest stars…
A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive…
The neutral-atom platform appears promising for scaling up quantum computers. To solve some of the…
Researchers showed that many mitochondrial proteins enter the organelle during synthesis, guided by folding patterns…
Caltech experiments uncovered a stable double helix state in plasma flux ropes. The same principles…
Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of…
Caltech scientists have created a hybrid quantum memory that converts electrical information into sound, allowing…
A massive quake in Myanmar revealed the Sagaing Fault can rupture far beyond expectations. Caltech…
Most of the universe’s visible matter has been mysteriously missing—until now. Using powerful cosmic radio…
A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it…
A clever method from Caltech researchers now makes it possible to unravel complex electron-lattice interactions,…
PillTrek is a mini capsule that senses gut biomarkers in real time. It enables advanced…
Two of the universe’s most extreme objects—black holes and neutron stars—can spiral into cosmic collisions…