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Cyanobacteria are single-celled organisms that derive energy from light, using photosynthesis to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and liquid water (H2O) into breathable oxygen and the carbon-based molecules like proteins that make…

Mark Rober has created a swimming pool filled with Jell-O, the world's largest Nerf gun, and staged an Olympics-style competition for squirrels. As the host and creator of some of the wackiest viral videos on YouTube, Rober's videos…

If you're like many people (and the writer of this piece), you're going to wait until last-minute panic sets in before you buckle down and get your work done.Procrastination is common, and often it is even expected, but that does not mean…

Stress isn't just the psychological pressure you feel in response to a looming deadline at work. It is also a description of the physical forces pushing, pulling, or twisting an object, structure, or material. Examples of stress include…

In quantum computers and other experimental quantum systems, information spreads around the devices and quickly becomes scrambled like dice in a game of Boggle. This scrambling process happens as the basic units of the system, called…

Last summer, Caltech began the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) on Maunakea. The removal and restoration of the site is expected to be completed during 2023. A review of what has been accomplished so far and…

Chilled water is crucial to the Caltech campus. It keeps research equipment from overheating and allows HVAC systems to cool classrooms during summer heatwaves. And now, thanks to the $22 million modernization of the Central Utility…

The research was conducted by an international team of scientists, including Jennifer M. Jackson, William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics. A paper describing the study appears in the journal Nature on January 11."Despite the…

Astronomers have used an intense burst of radio waves originating from a nearby galaxy to inspect the halo of gas cocooning our own Milky Way galaxy. The scientists studied the way that the light of the so-called fast radio burst, or FRB,…

Fourth-year electrical engineering student Tyler Colenbrander has been selected as one of this year's 16 recipients of the Churchill Scholarship, which provides funding for a one-year master's degree at the University of Cambridge."We had…