Caltech

08/03/2017

Whitney Clavin

New CO2 experiments may lead to artificial, renewable fuels.

04/22/2016

Resnick Sustainability Institute Boosts Caltech's Earth Day Celebration

The Resnick Sustainability Institute—Caltech’s hub for projects aimed at tackling some of the toughest sustainability-focused problems our society faces—played a key role in Caltech's Earth Week celebration.

04/22/2016

New Chen Professorship Supports Research in Sustainability and Energy

Marisa Demers

Caltech trustee John S. Chen (MS ’79) and his wife, Sherry, have pledged $1.5 million to support Institute scholars who are searching for solutions to the major environmental challenges facing our planet.

04/21/2016

Even Before the Drought, Caltech Set Sights on Water Conservation

Jon Nalick

Since 2006, Caltech has targeted energy- and water-wasting activities campus-wide, slashing water use by 38 percent.

04/18/2016

Aliso Canyon, Methane, and Global Climate: A Conversation with Paul Wennberg

Kimm Fesenmaier

We recently sat down with Caltech's Paul Wennberg to talk about methane emissions and how to put the Aliso Canyon event into perspective.

04/11/2016

Will Orbiting Flying Carpets Light the World?

A quarter of Earth’s population lacks access to reliable electricity, according to the U.N. Development Programme. More than half of those people have no electricity at all. For many, orbiting solar panels could be a solution.

02/03/2016

Toward a Sustainable Society

Lori Dajose

The Dow SISCA award honors researchers' innovation in sustainable solutions.

01/21/2016

Where Is Solar Energy Headed?

Ramanuj Basu

In a new paper in the journal Science, Caltech’s Nate Lewis reviews recent developments in solar-energy utilization and looks at some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the research and development of solar-electricity, solar-thermal, and solar-fuels technologies.

12/22/2015

Toward Liquid Fuels from Carbon Dioxide

Ker Than

Caltech researchers gain insight into carbon monoxide coupling, one carbon atom at a time.

12/04/2015

The Interface of Earth and Atmosphere: An Interview with Christian Frankenberg

Lori Dajose

An interview with Christian Frankenberg, an atmospheric and biogeoscientist and one of the most recent additions to the Caltech faculty.

11/12/2015

When Harry Met Arnold

Douglas Smith

Caltech celebrates the 25th year of the Beckman Institute and the 80th birthday of Harry Gray, the Beckman Professor of Chemistry and the institute's founding director.