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Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow
10/08/2025

Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Whitney Clavin

Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Kareem wears a tie-dye shirt outside.
Watson Lecture: Nick Hutzler Discusses How Studying Molecules May Unveil the Mystery of Matter
10/03/2025

Watson Lecture: Nick Hutzler Discusses How Studying Molecules May Unveil the Mystery of Matter

Sharon W. Tran

As part of the Watson Lecture Series, Nick Hutzler (BS '07), assistant professor of physics, will discuss how studying particles within molecules can help us answer some fundamental questions about our universe.

Image of Nick Hutzler leaning on lab equipment
Caltech Team Sets Record with 6,100-Qubit Array
09/24/2025

Caltech Team Sets Record with 6,100-Qubit Array

The neutral-atom platform shows promise for scaling up quantum computers.

Thousands of white dots in a black circle.
John Preskill Honored by Quantum World Congress
09/18/2025

John Preskill Honored by Quantum World Congress

Cynthia Eller

John Preskill, the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, is named Academic Pioneer in Quantum for 2025.

Professor John Preskill, a middle-aged white man, wears wire-rimmed glasses and a black shirt.
Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine
09/10/2025

Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine

Whitney Clavin

LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA celebrate anniversary, announce verification of Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Area Theorem.

Swirling, colorful, wisps of gas surround a black hole.
Artificial Intelligence Helps Boost LIGO
09/04/2025

Artificial Intelligence Helps Boost LIGO

Whitney Clavin

New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries.

hanging mirrors are seen with lasers between them and ripples in space-time in the background
Braided Magnetic Flux Ropes Are Found at Both Human and Light Year Scales
08/22/2025

Braided Magnetic Flux Ropes Are Found at Both Human and Light Year Scales

Investigating the structure of solar flares has led Paul Bellan, professor of applied physics, and his colleagues to discover an equilibrium state for not only solar flares but all double helical magnetic structures.

Astronomical image of the Double Helix Nebula in the Milky Way Galaxy. The nebula appears as two twisting ropes in orange surrounded by stars appearing as orange spots.
Brinson Exploration Hub Projects Make the Invisible Visible
08/19/2025

Brinson Exploration Hub Projects Make the Invisible Visible

Three innovative projects will explore Earth and the cosmos

Zhongwen Zhan in a bright red winter coat swinging a sledgehammer at the Antarctic ice
Evidence Found for Planet around Closest Sun-Like Star
08/07/2025

Evidence Found for Planet around Closest Sun-Like Star

The candidate gas giant planet sits in the habitable zone around Alpha Centauri A.

Pinkish streaked planet is seen in foreground, with two bright stars in background.
Quantum Chaos Kicks in Sooner Than Previously Thought
08/05/2025

Quantum Chaos Kicks in Sooner Than Previously Thought

Whitney Clavin

Results could help researchers understand the fundamental limits of what is learnable in the quantum universe.

Blue geometric lines and dots represent quantum chaos.