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At the California Institute of Technology, extraordinary faculty and students translate big ideas into big discoveries.

Pasadena, CA
Vrijeme pridruživanja: rujan 2008.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. Engineers at and have developed a tiny prosthetic that enables jellyfish to swim faster and more efficiently than they normally do, without stressing the animals.

  2. 6. velj

    Caltech professor Katie Bouman wrote this piece for about how the team pieced together the first-ever image of a black hole:

  3. 5. velj

    A new technique could offer a targeted approach to fighting cancer: low-intensity pulses of ultrasound have been shown to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed.

  4. 4. velj

    This fancy sea slug and its ilk contain anti-cancer compounds in their bodies. Caltech's Brian Stoltz has developed a way to create those compounds in the lab.

  5. 4. velj

    Professor of political science says that, while it may be frustrating to wait for Iowa caucus results, it's best to practice patience and focus on getting accurate, rather than fast, results. Read his blog post here:

  6. 3. velj

    Congratulations to on receiving a 2020 Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science! The award recognizes her work developing advanced tools in optogenetics to unearth deep insights into the brain.

  7. 2. velj

    One day, bionic jellyfish may be important partners in collecting data on our oceans! Using a tiny prosthetic device, engineers at and have enabled jellyfish to swim faster and more efficiently without stressing the animals.

  8. 29. sij

    Let's celebrate with a post! This stunning image shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by a different color. Learn more here:

  9. 28. sij

    NESSI was built to examine the atmospheres of planets that orbit stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, providing new insights into what these worlds are like.

  10. 24. sij

    For , get to know Caltech's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach ()! CTLO supports Caltech's educational efforts: undergrad/grad teaching, formal/informal learning, and partnerships with K-12 teachers and students.

  11. 22. sij

    Groundbreaking science and engineering start with people. In latest issue of The Caltech Effect, meet bioinspired engineers, earthquake modelers, sustainability scientists, discipline-crossing undergraduates, & donors who propel discovery.

  12. 21. sij

    Caltech's Lihong Wang has developed a new ultrafast camera that can take up to 1 trillion pictures per second--of 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 objects. 😲

  13. 16. sij

    There's still time to upvote your favorite questions, or to add a question not yet asked, for today's 11am PT on with !

  14. 16. sij

    There are 14 days remaining! Celebrate more than 16 years of discovery, exploration, and scientific contributions from with a variety of events in the coming weeks.

    Spitzer Final Voyage poster features an illustration of the Spitzer Space Telescope in orbit past celestial bodies
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  15. 15. sij

    Johannes Kepler's "De Stella Nova" is one of 202 early modern scientific books which acquired from Count Giampaolo Rocco in 1955. Kepler's work documents the last visible supernova in our galaxy just as we await another possible with !

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  16. 15. sij

    A rare orbiting snugly within the inner confines of our solar system has been discovered by Caltech's . ☄️🔭 The newfound body, named 2020 AV2, is the first asteroid found to orbit entirely within the orbit of Venus.

  17. 3. sij

    A century ago today, as Albert Einstein’s fame was on the rise, he quipped to a friend, “such a cult has been made out of me that I feel like a pagan idol. But, this too, God willing, will pass…”

    A. Einstein letter to H. Zangger, Jan. 3, 1920
    Conclusion of A. Einstein letter to H. Zangger, Jan. 3, 1920
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  18. 3. sij

    New atomic clock design uses ⁱᵗᵗʸ ᵇⁱᵗᵗʸ "tweezers" to manipulate individual atoms. ⚛︎

  19. 2. sij

    Kenneth Libbrecht is a physicist. His lab at has investigated the internal structure of the sun and developed advanced instruments for gravitational-wave detection. But for 20 years, Libbrecht’s passion has been snow. via

  20. 31. pro 2019.

    Today, we mark not just the end of another year of discovery at Caltech but the conclusion of a decade of remarkable accomplishments and research breakthroughs.

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