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Physicists Find Evidence for Magnetically Bound Excitons
10/05/2023

Physicists Find Evidence for Magnetically Bound Excitons

Whitney Clavin
"Hubbard excitons" could lead to novel technologies
Artist's concept of Hubbard excitons.
Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award
10/03/2023

Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award

Cynthia Eller
Michael Roukes, Caltech's Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering, has been awarded the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Director's Transformative Research Award.
Michael Roukes giving TED talk
Cosmic Web Lights Up in the Darkness of Space
09/28/2023

Cosmic Web Lights Up in the Darkness of Space

Whitney Clavin
Keck Cosmic Web Imager offers best glimpse yet of the filamentous network that connects galaxies
3-D picture of the cosmic web.
SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement at Caltech
09/21/2023

SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement at Caltech

Whitney Clavin
The infrared-seeking space telescope is undergoing tests inside a customized chamber
SPHEREx team members can be seen here in a reflection from the chamber's gold-coated, sapphire window.
The Joy of Discovery: Convocation Welcomes New Students to Campus
09/20/2023

The Joy of Discovery: Convocation Welcomes New Students to Campus

Julia Ehlert
Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95), director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, delivered a keynote address to new undergraduate and graduate students about the passionate pursuit of discovery.
Students walk under a balloon arch into Convocation
WAVE Alumni Return to Caltech for Grad School
09/11/2023

WAVE Alumni Return to Caltech for Grad School

Julia Ehlert
Meet seven incoming graduate students who found their future at Caltech.
Photos of seven students
On the Road to Spotting Alien Life
09/08/2023

On the Road to Spotting Alien Life

Whitney Clavin
Planning is underway for NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory.
Artist's concept of an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its star.
Phil Hopkins Named Simons Investigator
09/05/2023

Phil Hopkins Named Simons Investigator

Whitney Clavin
Phil Hopkins has been named a 2023 Simons Investigator, an honor that comes with $150,000 in research support per year for five years.
Phil Hopkins
Removal of Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Telescope from Maunakea Underway
08/28/2023

Removal of Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Telescope from Maunakea Underway

Disassembly of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory’s 34-foot diameter telescope on Maunakea has begun.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Kip Thorne (BS '62) Explains the Power of Gravitational Waves
08/28/2023

Kip Thorne (BS '62) Explains the Power of Gravitational Waves

Andrew Moseman
Long before he shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), Kip Thorne (BS ’62) was simply someone who looked to the stars with wonder and awe. As he explains in this video produced by the National Science Foundation, however, there are limits to merely looking.
Illustration of Kip Thorne in front of an astronomical background
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