15 for 2015: The Year in Research News at Caltech
The year 2015 proved to be another groundbreaking year for research at Caltech. From seeing quantum motion, to reconfiguring jellyfish limbs, to measuring stellar magnetic fields, researchers continued to ask and answer the deepest scientific questions.
In case you missed any of them, here are 15 stories highlighting a few of the discoveries, methods, and technologies that came to life at Caltech in 2015.
Written by Lori Dajose

New Research Suggests Solar System May Have Once Harbored Super-Earths

Caltech Biochemists Shed Light on Cellular Mystery

Research Suggests Brain's Melatonin May Trigger Sleep

Advances in Radio Astronomy
In July, Caltech researchers used both radio and optical telescopes to observe a brown dwarf located 20 light-years away and found that these so-called failed stars host powerful auroras near their magnetic poles.

Injured Jellyfish Seek to Regain Symmetry

Geologists Characterize Nepal Earthquake

New Polymer Creates Safer Fuels

Controlling a Robotic Arm with a Patient's Intentions

Caltech Scientists Develop Cool Process to Make Better Graphene

Astronomers Peer Inside Stars, Finding Giant Magnets

Seeing Quantum Motion

New Camera Chip Provides Superfine 3-D Resolution

One Step Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis and 'Solar Fuels'

Potassium Salt Outperforms Precious Metals As a Catalyst

Probing the Mysterious Perceptual World of Autism