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In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power…

Viviana Gradinaru (BS '05), professor of neuroscience and biological engineering and director of Caltech's Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, has been selected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI…

When asked to sign their name, comb their hair, or use a pair of scissors, most humans prefer to use one hand over the other. But being left-handed or right-handed—handedness—is a trait found not just in people. Many molecules, especially…

Whether it is trolling, racism, sexism, doxing, or just general harassment, the internet has a bad behavior problem. Researchers from Caltech and Activision Publishing, a video game publisher, are working together to bring their combined…

The Global Biodata Coalition (GBC), an international coalition of funders, today announces the first list of Global Core Biodata Resources (GCBRs)—a collection of 37 resources whose long-term funding and sustainability is critical to life…

Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST) and the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, have signed an agreement to begin a global strategic partnership to collaborate on key…

Caltech joined seven peer institutions on Monday, December 19, to launch the Global Student Haven Initiative (GSHI), a new consortium that aims to support more effectively student refugees from around the world. The GSHI provides a clear…

Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai‘i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of tiny earthquakes felt on the Big Island over the past seven years, in…

Senior Laura Lewis, who is double majoring in math and computer science, has been named a 2023 Marshall Scholar.The scholarship, which is funded by the British government, provides support for two years of graduate study (including…

Astronomers at Caltech have used a machine learning algorithm to classify 1,000 supernovae completely autonomously. The algorithm was applied to data captured by the Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, a sky survey instrument based at…