The first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
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Ripple Effect
How a revolutionary solar-powered water pump is transforming the lives of small-plot farmers in India How a revolutionary solar-powered water pump is transforming the lives of small-plot farmers in India
Great and Small
A new type of vaccine provides protection against a variety of SARS-like betacoronaviruses
Turning the Tide
Oil spill expert CJ Beegle-Krause on her circuitous academic career, responding to Deepwater Horizon, and the art of predicting spills.
Brain Gains
Understanding the brain is one of the great frontiers in all of science.
Breath of Life
Dan Lieberman and his team are working to bring oxygen to children at risk of dying from pneumonia in the developing world.
Unhackable Rights
John Sarapata and Google’s Jigsaw project are using technology to defend free speech and fight terrorism.
Animating Forces
These Caltech alumni help create the animated films that captivate our imaginations.
Something New Under the Sun
How research into a crippling African weed may be leading the way to a new green revolution. by Steven Boyd SaumPhotography...
Why Caltech?
From the President of the Caltech Alumni Association David Tytell, President, Caltech Alumni AssociationIt’s a question...
Solving the Equation
Lorraine Lois Foster (PhD ‘64) demonstrates her skill at dissecting mathematical matrices
Moonshot
Last year, Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST)—an interdisciplinary research center that is developing the next generation of autonomous robots—announced five ambitious goals to guide its work.