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Since 1988, the Packard Fellowships have "encouraged visionary work by providing maximum flexibility through unrestricted funds that can be used in any way the Fellows choose, including paying for necessities like child care,"…

Imagine you are in the middle of an unknown town. Even if your surroundings are initially unfamiliar, you can explore around and eventually create a mental map of your environment—where the buildings, streets, signs, and so on are in…

A $30 million lead gift endows the Rudolph A. Marcus Center for Theoretical Chemistry in honor of a lifelong mentor and friend. Dr. Jack Yongfeng Zhang and Dr. Mary Zi-ping Luo's philanthropy advances the Institute's leadership in…

Caltech professors Viviana Gradinaru (BS '05) and André Hoelz have been named among 26 new investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). They join a community of more than 250 HHMI investigators across fields ranging from…

In a paper published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, a team of Caltech engineers reports building such a metasurface patterned with miniscule tunable antennas capable of reflecting an incoming beam of optical light to…

Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in the universe, glued together by the force of gravity. Only 15 percent of the mass in such clusters is normal matter, the same matter that makes up planets, people, and everything you…

It wasn't exactly a eureka moment. The thought did not come all at once in the bathtub, a la Archimedes. But it was in the shower that Yariv first noticed something unusual about the way the water-spraying showerhead behaved when left…

Many animals use flapping as a means of propulsion, and robots equipped with flappers can also propel themselves efficiently. But the flappers of the animal kingdom—in this case fish and insects—have another trick up their sleeve.…

One of the goals of the fellowship, part of the foundation's Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS) Initiative, is to accelerate progress in the field of quantum materials, which hold "boundless opportunities for discovery and create…

This accomplishment is the result of sustained efforts to improve gender equity on campus and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). For the past several decades, the Institute has piloted strategic initiatives…