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The future is electric. Caltech faculty members, students, and alumni have known it for generations, which is why electric vehicles have been a focus of research for the Caltech community for decades.Climate consciousness, rising fuel…

Caltech-based startup company Captura, which captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from ocean water to combat climate change, has been awarded $1 million from the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition.Captura was co-founded by Harry Atwater, the…

Caltech is one of three institutions named as new charter members of SEA Change, an initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that supports educational institutions as they systemically transform to…

How do we cut U.S. global warming gas emissions by 50 percent within the next 10 years? This question represents the bold target set by President Biden in 2020 to secure U.S. leadership on clean energy technologies by the end of the…

Caused by collisions from asteroids, comets, and other astronomical objects, lunar craters give our moon its characteristic pockmarked façade. But the permanent shade and materials deposited by these celestial impacts offer more than just…

Now, a new study from the laboratory of Richard Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience, and Leadership Chair and Director of the T&C Chen Brain–Machine Interface Center, gives new insights into how the brain encodes for…

Since its invention, chemotherapy has proven to be a valuable tool in treating cancers of many kinds, but it has a big downside. In addition to killing cancer cells, it can also kill healthy cells like the ones in hair follicles, causing…

The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), an independent nonprofit organization funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is moving to Caltech's campus from its current home in the Bay Area.Founded in 1994 by John Fry, a…

On Saturday, March 12, Caltech notified regular-decision applicants of their acceptance to the Institute, rounding out an admitted class of 432 students including those admitted in earlier rounds of acceptance decisions. Caltech continues…

With just minutes left on the clock, the two finalists at the third-ever quantum chess tournament had both "split" their kings, meaning the kings were in a state of superposition, or in two places at once. Audience members watched the…