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Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of complex movements.Part walking robot, part flying drone, the newly…

The effort, publicly launched in 2016 with the goal of raising $2 billion, ended on September 30, 2021. It exceeded its initial goal by $1.4 billion. This transformational level of philanthropy provides direct investment in Caltech and…

In the future, as more and more upgrades are made to the National Science Foundation-funded LIGO observatories—one in Hanford, Washington, and the other in Livingston, Louisiana—the facilities are expected to detect increasingly large…

When Lana Lubecke walked into her first Caltech class in Beckman Auditorium on Monday, September 27, she was among the very first students to return to in-person learning since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020."I just woke…

"There's been a long-standing interest in this area from a lot of students," says Dehn Gilmore, a professor of English at Caltech. "Students may want to go into film as an industry, video game design, or graphic design, for example. Or…

Caltech received its award from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) on August 18 and is in the process of determining the number of students eligible to receive HEERF III grants. Per Department of Education…

Coupling computer automation with an ink-jet printer originally used to print T-shirt designs, researchers at Caltech and Google have developed a high-throughput method of identifying novel materials with interesting properties. In a…

Wei, who joined Caltech in 2018, is developing new spectroscopy and microscopy techniques that will allow biologists to track the movement of molecules in real time inside living cells. One technique under development in her lab is known…

CSO, which for nearly three decades operated as one of the world's premier facilities for astronomical research and instrumentation development at submillimeter wavelengths before its instruments were removed in 2015, is one of the first…

"Ashley is highly regarded on the national stage, especially for her DEI admissions work. She understands the nuances of recruiting and evaluating candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences," says Jarrid Whitney,…