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Candace Rypisi, whose leadership of the Student-Faculty Programs (SFP) office since 2007 has led to the growth and success of such critical Institute efforts as the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) and WAVE Fellows…

The Brown Science Foundation has bestowed one of two inaugural Brown Investigator Awards, each of which includes research funding of $2 million over five years, to David Hsieh, professor of physics at Caltech. The other award goes to…

One of the more vexing qualities of the COVID-19 virus is that a person infected with it can be contagious for days before they begin to show symptoms. Because of this, the individual might feel perfectly well as they go to the grocery…

In February, the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering (BBE) welcomed David Warren as its new division operations officer (DOO), charged with overseeing space planning, human resources, logistics, grants and finance, compliance,…

On Wednesday, March 10, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Ken Farley, the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS), continues the 2020–2021 Watson Lecture season with "Perseverance…

Optical resonators, which circulate and confine light (for instance in lasers), are currently used in a variety of applications of all sizes—from pinpoint light sources smaller than the width of a human hair to kilometer-scale sensing…

Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique could lead to improved earthquake and tsunami warning systems…

Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to precisely place microscopic devices formed from folded DNA molecules in not only a specific location but also in a specific orientation.As a proof-of-concept, they arranged more…

Moon dust, the fine, fluffy powder covering the moon, is the stuff of imagination, the subject of scientific inquiry, and potential building block for lunar colonies.It is also a menace to exploration.As astronauts walk across the moon,…

Two Caltech faculty members have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships for 2021: Nick Hutzler (BS '07), assistant professor of physics at Caltech, and Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering. Awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan…