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For decades, science fiction authors have imagined scenarios in which life thrives on the harsh surfaces of Mars or our Moon, or in the oceans below the icy surfaces of Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa.
Dec 30, 2023
When we last checked in with Caltech's Kerry Vahala three years ago, his lab had recently reported the development of a new optical device called a turnkey…
Dec 11, 2023
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a formidable pathogen. It mutates rapidly; in fact, estimates suggest that the genetic diversity of HIV in a single person at one point in time is equal to the diversity of influenza across the globe for a year.
Nov 24, 2023
Caulerpa, a unique type of marine algae, is a single extended cell but can expand to a meter in size.
Nov 24, 2023
Since the 1980s, researchers have observed significant periods of unrest in a region of California's Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains characterized by swarms of…
Oct 23, 2023
Quantum computers of the future hold promise in solving all sorts of problems. For example, they could lead to more sustainable materials, new medicines, and even crack the hardest problems in fundamental physics.
Oct 12, 2023
Like rivers feeding oceans, streams of gas nourish galaxies throughout the cosmos.
Oct 2, 2023
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 80 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
Sep 8, 2023
Every morning and afternoon, like clockwork, the surface of the Moon trembles with tiny "moonquakes.
Sep 8, 2023
A new technology developed at Caltech is designed to make more potent vaccines, beginning with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).
Jul 26, 2023
If you take an object and set it out in the sun, it will begin to warm up. This is because it is absorbing energy from the sun's rays and converting that energy to heat.
Jul 26, 2023
New research conducted by Jan Stundl and his colleagues has identified a specific population of stem cells called trunk neural crest cells that are responsible for the development of bony scutes in fish.
Jul 18, 2023
While counting is the first skill a child learns in mathematics, it's also something studied at the highest levels of the discipline, albeit in a more exciting way.
Jan 15, 2023
The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to a new study from Caltech.
Jul 7, 2022
