We are thrilled to announce that Miss Jiayin Liu has been promoted to the rank of Visiting Professor of College of Business and Management. She received her master’s degree...
Due to warming caused by climate change, the Antarctic ice shelves are melting at an accelerated rate. Most of the melt comes from below the ice shelves, a result...
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...
Frank Capra (BS 1918), the filmmaker behind It’s a Wonderful Life and a Caltech Distinguished Alumnus, said that college “changed his whole viewpoint,” making him a cultured person. In...
Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai‘i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of tiny earthquakes felt on the...
Professor of Biology Henry Lester has been named as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). According to the NAI, election as a fellow is the “highest...
Organs—like the heart, brain, and kidneys—are complex structures made up of a combination of different cells that work cooperatively to perform specific functions. For example, around 70 distinct types...
Mounting behavior, that awkward thrusting motion dogs sometimes do against your leg, is usually associated with sexual arousal in animals, but this is not always the case. New research...
Quantum computers, just like classical computers, are only as good as the instructions that we give them. And although quantum computing is one of the hottest topics in science...
The new Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture is about to make campus a lot more colorful. From tours of neon art around Los Angeles to campus artists-in-residence, the program...