At California Institute of Technology, a little-known band of admissions officials is scrutinizing the fonts on science-fair certificates, checking addresses on high-school transcripts and analyzing signatures on awards. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4q4FZZW
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Last week, @kiss-caltech.bsky.social and @caltech.edu's Brinson Exploration Hub convened experts from industry, academia, & NASA to discuss paradigm-shifting ideas, affordability improvement measures, & personal actions to shape a new era of space science. Thanks to all involved!
Exciting research from the Conway Group (@conway-group.bsky.social) at UCLA and Dianne Newman’s Group at Caltech (@caltech.edu)! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Discovery of a phenazine–thiol conjugase from sparse data using genome-informed machine learning | PNAS
Machine learning has enabled powerful biological discoveries using models trained on large datasets. However, for many important biological questio...
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New research from Caltech analyzing pieces of a meteorite has found that, in the same way that snowflakes crystallize around grains of dust, ancient stardust grains leftover from long-gone suns may have been the seeds of our solar system's earliest solids. www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
Ancient Stardust Were Seeds for the Earliest Solids in the Solar System
New analysis of the Allende meteorite suggests that pre-solar grains nucleated the formation of the solar system's earliest solids.
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Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of Caltech researchers has observed Neptune's rings and three of those moons—Larissa, Galatea, and Proteus—and found that their composition is unique among outer solar system bodies. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
Neptune's Inner Moons May Be Shattered Remains of Ancient Icy Worlds
New findings from Caltech researchers suggest Neptune's smallest satellites formed from the shattered remains of an original moon system that was destroyed when Triton was captured by Neptune's…
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Researchers at Caltech and Google have uncovered important new insights about how clouds might respond to warming sea-surface temperatures and rising CO2 levels using a large and powerful dataset of simulations developed by the group. www.caltech.edu/about/news/l...
Low-Level Cloud Loss Amplifies Global Warming
Large dataset developed by Caltech and Google reveals new insights on the role of clouds in climate change and offers a novel tool for improving global climate models.
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Caltech chemistry professor Hosea Nelson (PhD '13) has his eyes on a big goal: He wants to know the three-dimensional (3D) structure of all the molecules found in the natural world. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
NSF Funding for Caltech-Led "Cloud Laboratory" Leverages AI to Explore Chemical Dark Matter: A Conversation with Hosea Nelson
The approach could help scientists around the country determine the 3D structure of hundreds of thousands—and potentially millions—of unknown small molecules
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Two new multi-institution collaborations led by Caltech scientists have been selected to receive first-round funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Genesis Mission, a national effort to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery. www.caltech.edu/about/news/t...
Two Caltech Projects Selected for DOE Funding as Part of Genesis Mission
Theo Agapie and Victoria Orphan will lead teams aimed at using AI to make advances in chemical manufacturing and in understanding microorganisms in their real-world settings.
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Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus, Caltech's John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, passed away on July 16, 2026. The prolific chemist was five days shy of his 103rd birthday. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)
Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.
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Five new study topics have been selected by the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) at Caltech to develop collaborations, frameworks, and mission concepts to transform the future of space exploration. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
New Cohort of KISS Study Programs Push the Frontiers of Space Exploration
From exoplanets to desert landscapes, Caltech and JPL researchers are leading the development of revolutionary space missions of the future.
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Each year, the National Science Foundation selects students to receive Graduate Research Fellowships that fund three years of graduate study in master's or doctoral programs. This year, 33 Caltech alumni and 19 graduate students have received these fellowships. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
NSF Research Fellowships Awarded to Caltech Students and Alumni
This year, 33 Caltech alumni and 19 graduate students have received Graduate Research Fellowships from the the National Science Foundation.
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Caltech researchers created a chip that uses a patterned beam of light to modify the optical properties of a meta-material. www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...
Steering Light in a Flash: New Chip Redirects Light Beams in Less Than a Trillionth of a Second
The new light-controlling chip uses one beam of light to redirect another beam almost instantaneously
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Engage with the study, application, and use of AI and Machine Learning to enable scientific discovery across the physical and biological sciences at the UChicago and @caltech.edu AI+Science Conference 2026! Register by August 28, 2026 datascience.uchicago.edu/research/ai-...
On June 15, Caltech brought together local government officials, researchers, and community stakeholders at the Resnick Sustainability Center for a workshop on the growing impact of AI data centers on California communities. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
Caltech Hosts Workshop on Data Centers and Community Impact for Local Leaders
The Institute aims to equip local governments and organizations with scientific expertise to evaluate one of the most rapidly developing infrastructure challenges of our time.
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Mark B. Wise, Caltech's John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics, passed away on July 10, 2026. He was 72. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Mark B. Wise (1953–2026)
Mark B. Wise, Caltech's John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics, passed away on July 10, 2026.
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Former Caltech professor Erin Schuman has been named a recipient of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...
Schuman Receives 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Erin Schuman, a former professor at Caltech for nearly two decades, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
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Julia R. Greer, whose lab has been working to improve Li-ion batteries, now has established a new path toward making them less dangerous and more environmentally friendly, while also boosting performance. tinyurl.com/4bbt9vk4
Architecting a Better Lithium-Ion Battery
Julia R. Greer and members of her lab have developed a new type of electrode that improves the performance of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, while eliminating the hazardous and hard-to-mine…
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At the end of May, 40 mathematicians from academia and representatives from AI industry partners gathered at AIM's home in Caltech Hall for a four-day workshop on AI and number theory, a branch of math that studies the properties of integers, or whole numbers. www.caltech.edu/about/news/m...
Mathematicians Gather to Focus on AI
At an event hosted by the American Institute of Mathematics at Caltech, experts and academics who are focused on number theory convened to discuss how AI might help the field.
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Caltech's Gözde Demirer, uses genetic engineering tools to make crops more resilient to such threats and enhance plant health. Now, she and a team of Caltech researchers have found a new solution to an old problem in an unlikely source: the zebra finch. www.caltech.edu/about/news/i...
Improving Plants with a Tool Borrowed from Birds
Gözde Demirer and a Caltech team have solved a persistent problem in plant engineering by using a genetic element found in some animals.
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Caltech is building tools for and shaping approaches to the discipline, which could change the way we live. magazine.caltech.edu/post/synthet...
Stitching the Synthetic Biology Revolution — Caltech Magazine
Caltech is building tools for and shaping approaches to the discipline, which could change the way we live. By Lori Dajose (BS ’15) Billions of years of evolution have slowly, iteratively,…
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A new study from Caltech demonstrates that soil bacteria can adapt under stress, particularly when a key nutrient, phosphorus, is running low in their environment. www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...
Stressed-Out Soil Bacteria Adapt to Environmental Conditions
Soil bacteria flexibly adapt quorum-sensing mechanisms in order to acquire nutrients
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Welcome, Ray Jayawardhana, to Caltech! 🛰️🌎🚀🌌🪐
Caltech@caltech.edu · last mo.Today, Caltech and JPL welcome renowned astrophysicist, acclaimed author, and transformative leader, Ray Jayawardhana as the Institute’s tenth president! He brings a fierce commitment to building on Caltech’s legacy of discovery and exploration. Welcome to the frontier, RayJay! l1nq.com/uci46q8
Caltech's new president is an astronomer.
Caltech@caltech.edu · last mo.Today, Caltech and JPL welcome renowned astrophysicist, acclaimed author, and transformative leader, Ray Jayawardhana as the Institute’s tenth president! He brings a fierce commitment to building on Caltech’s legacy of discovery and exploration. Welcome to the frontier, RayJay! l1nq.com/uci46q8
Welcome RayJay! 🔭 🤩
Caltech@caltech.edu · last mo.Today, Caltech and JPL welcome renowned astrophysicist, acclaimed author, and transformative leader, Ray Jayawardhana as the Institute’s tenth president! He brings a fierce commitment to building on Caltech’s legacy of discovery and exploration. Welcome to the frontier, RayJay! l1nq.com/uci46q8
"The word ‘unique' gets overused, but Caltech truly is a singular place with a close-knit community whose commitment to excellence is relentless. That ethos runs deep and wide."—Ray Jayawardhana, Caltech's 10th president. magazine.caltech.edu/post/president-ray-jayawardhana
Join us in welcoming Caltech's 10th President, Ray Jayawardhana!
Caltech@caltech.edu · last mo.Today, Caltech and JPL welcome renowned astrophysicist, acclaimed author, and transformative leader, Ray Jayawardhana as the Institute’s tenth president! He brings a fierce commitment to building on Caltech’s legacy of discovery and exploration. Welcome to the frontier, RayJay! l1nq.com/uci46q8
Today, Caltech and JPL welcome renowned astrophysicist, acclaimed author, and transformative leader, Ray Jayawardhana as the Institute’s tenth president! He brings a fierce commitment to building on Caltech’s legacy of discovery and exploration. Welcome to the frontier, RayJay! l1nq.com/uci46q8
Caltech Welcomes Ray Jayawardhana as Tenth President
A path-breaking scientist propelled by curiosity, Jayawardhana commits to building on the Institute's "unsurpassed legacy of discovery and impact."
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Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, the molecules that encode all of life's functions. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
Novel Chemical Reaction Suggests the Origins of Life
A novel chemical reaction could explain the formation of the nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA.
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A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller, professor of theoretical astrophysics, proposes a new model of the final death throes of Sun-like stars that shows how escaping mass from the stars' surfaces leads to a series of little kicks. www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
A Star's Death Throes Involves a Lot of Kicking
New model describes how an aging star's outer shell ejections push it in opposite direction.
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