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The mystery and power of the “non-Archimedean” world

Caltech
Categories Physics & Mathematics
Boudinage in brecciated dolostone rocks of the Panamint Range (Wildrose Area, Death Valley National Park). New research shows that periclase is stronger than bridgmanite in earth's lower mantle, analogous to boudins developing in rigid ("stronger") rocks among less competent ("weaker") rocks.

What Are They Up To? Surprising Behavior of Minerals Deep in the Earth

Caltech
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Pictured above: Artist's depiction of our Milky Way galaxy and its small galaxy companions surrounded by a giant halo of million-degree gas. Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss/Ohio State/A Gupta et al

Milky Way’s Halo Surprisingly Empty

Caltech
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
Illustration of a rage-filled face

Brain can ramp up rage like a volume dial

Caltech
Categories Brain & Behavior
Illustration of demo in orbit

Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Tech Demo into Orbit

Caltech
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Space
Computer processor

Traditional computers can solve some quantum problems

Caltech
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Technology
Natural and synthetic embryos side by side, with corresponding body parts stained in the same colors.

“Synthetic” Mouse Embryo with Brain and Beating Heart Grown from Stem Cells

Caltech
Categories Life & Non-humans
Hardware for NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission recently arrived at the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech. Too big to fit through the building's front door, the hardware was lowered by crane from the street to the basement laboratory.

A Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes a Dramatic Entrance

Caltech
Categories Technology

Tweaking Turbine Angles Squeezes More Power Out of Wind Farms

Caltech
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Physics & Mathematics
An illustration of how freshwater (dark blue) runs in a current near the surface of the ocean, hugging the Antarctic coast. This forces warmer ocean water (red) to become trapped beneath the ice shelves, melting them from below. Credit: Caltech

Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Could be Melting Faster than We Thought

Caltech
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Writing in the Language of Math

Caltech
Categories Brain & Behavior, Physics & Mathematics, Social Sciences

A Quantitative Snapshot of the Human Impact on the Planet

Caltech
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
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