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The first week of fall classes at Caltech ended with a bounce. On Friday, September 30, TechFest returned to campus for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, welcoming students with an in-person block party on Beckman…

Reach out right now and touch anything around you. Whether it was a key on your keyboard, the wood of your desk, or the fur of your dog, you felt it the instant your finger contacted it.Or did you?In actuality, it does take a bit of time…

At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong electrical and thermal conductor, making it a perfect…

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable cosmic sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pair of stars. Located just over 5,000 light-years from Earth, the duo is collectively known as…

Using a newly developed technique, researchers have ruled out a potential source of ancient dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the world's oceans.DOM is organic material—mostly carbon, but also some nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and other…

In the fall of 2021, Caltech announced the naming of several campus assets and honors for individuals who both reflect the Institute's values and aspirations and had a direct connection to and impact on the Caltech community.Among those…

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative condition that damages a person's ability to think, remember, and perform basic functions. According to the National Institutes of Health, Alzheimer's affects more than 6 million Americans,…

Of the many ways to treat cancer, the oldest, and maybe most tried and true, is surgery. Even with the advent of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and more experimental treatments like bacteria that seek and destroy cancer cells, cancers,…

Convocation is Caltech's annual official welcome of its newest scholars—undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs—to the Institute, and to its culture of discovery and innovation. In the first in-person convocation held…

The Caltech Library has partnered with eCampus.com to open an online bookstore for course textbooks and materials. The store launched on September 12.For students, course materials are linked to their class schedule for easy…