A Caltech professor’s research into her great-great-grandmother, Caroline Schuster, reveals her pivotal role in Manchester’s scientific and reformist circles during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Caltech and MIT researchers have addressed a long-standing gap in consumer choice modeling by refining the random utility model (RUM) to work with incomplete datasets, potentially improving demand predictions across...
Caltech will lead two U.S. Department of Energy-funded projects under the Genesis Mission to apply AI in chemical manufacturing and microbial research, aiming to accelerate scientific discovery through automation and...
Caltech researchers have developed mITRAR, an AI-driven wildfire response system integrating sensor data and autonomous tools to assist decision-makers with real-time situational awareness and actionable options.
The National Science Foundation awarded $17 million to Caltech-led ELECTRA, an AI-driven cloud laboratory, to map millions of unknown molecular structures known as 'chemical dark matter' using automated experiments and...
New high-resolution simulations by Caltech and Google researchers indicate low-level ocean clouds thin rapidly under rising CO2, reducing sunlight reflection and amplifying global warming beyond some current climate...
Caltech researchers model how the US Senate’s filibuster shapes policymaking, finding that its impact depends on legislative polarization and ideological distribution among lawmakers.
Caltech announced the death of Nobel laureate Rudolph A. Marcus on July 16, 2026, at age 102. Marcus won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer in chemical reactions.
Caltech hosted a workshop on June 15 to discuss the local impacts of AI data centers, bringing together officials and experts to share research and address community concerns amid rising electricity demand and policy...
Caltech engineers developed a low-cost training device to help workers with limited lab experience perform complex diagnostic tests, addressing workforce shortages and reducing testing costs in resource-limited settings.
Caltech researchers developed a nanoscale device that redirects light beams in 74 femtoseconds using optical meta-surfaces, enabling faster photonic communication and computing systems.
Caltech appoints Julie Messersmith as Vice President for Institute Initiatives to lead strategic coordination, collaboration, and innovation initiatives starting July 1, 2026.
Caltech appointed astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its tenth president on July 1, 2026, succeeding Thomas F. Rosenbaum. Jayawardhana, previously provost at Johns Hopkins University, will oversee Caltech’s Pasadena...
A Caltech study reveals how people compromise during risky shared decisions, with biases in credit and blame shaping outcomes in collaborative tasks.
Caltech posthumously published *The Renaissance of Astronomy* by historian Noel Swerdlow, a 1,100-page analysis of key Renaissance astronomers' shift from geocentric to heliocentric models, completed with help from...
Caltech’s Keck Institute for Space Studies has selected five new research programs to advance space exploration through collaborative mission concepts, workshops, and final reports, integrating academia, industry, and...