Caltech has innovated a method for creating compact, integrated mode-locked lasers on photonic chips, potentially transforming ultrafast laser applications to smaller scales with enhanced performance….
A Caltech-led study suggests that two massive, iron-rich structures deep within Earth’s mantle are the remains of Theia, an ancient planet that collided with Earth,…
The Owens Valley Radio Observatory used their upgraded Long Wavelength Array to capture a unique “radio eclipse” image during the October 14 solar event, revealing…
Caltech researchers used advanced imaging techniques to investigate increased seismic activity in California’s Long Valley Caldera, a dormant supervolcano. Since the 1980s, researchers have observed…
Caltech researchers have discovered Hubbard excitons, which are excitons bound magnetically, offering new avenues for exciton-based technological applications. In art, the negative space in a…
Planning is underway for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory In early August, scientists and engineers gathered in a small auditorium at Caltech to discuss how to…
A Caltech study identified trunk neural crest cells as the origin of protective bony scales in fish, shedding light on the evolution of vertebrate armor….
Caltech researchers simulated solar flares, discovering that their structures resemble intertwined ropes. When these ‘ropes’ overload, they break and emit energy bursts, shedding light on…
Researchers have successfully induced asexual reproduction in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, an organism that typically reproduces sexually. For the first time, scientists have induced…
Caltech researchers have developed BonFIRE, a cutting-edge microscopy technique that combines fluorescence and vibrational microscopy. This new approach offers unparalleled single-molecule imaging and uses isotopes…
Astronomers have captured a bizarre image of a supernova, a powerful star explosion, with its light so distorted by the gravity of another galaxy that…
Quantum computing, just like traditional computing, requires a method to store the information it uses and processes. In the computer you’re using right now, information—whether…
Scientists have reported the first evidence that our Earth and the universe around us are awash in a background of spacetime undulations called gravitational waves….
A space solar power prototype, SSPD-1, has achieved wireless power transfer in space and transmitted power to Earth. The prototype, including MAPLE, a flexible lightweight…
New Caltech professor Lee McCuller is making quantum measurements even more precise. From a young age, new Assistant Professor of Physics, Lee McCuller, enjoyed the…
Scientists have developed a device that can break the principles of Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, disrupting the traditional relationship between absorption and emission efficiencies…
Unusual white dwarf star is made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other. In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores…
A new study from Caltech suggests the early Earth formed from hot, dry materials, implying water arrived late in Earth’s formation. The research, offering clues…