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05/10/2013

Notes from the Back Row: "Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Computing"

Douglas Smith

John Preskill, the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, is hooked on quanta.

11/21/2012

High-Energy Physicists Smash Records for Network Data Transfer

Marcus Woo

Physicists led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have smashed yet another series of records for data-transfer speed. The international team of high-energy physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers reached a transfer rate of 339 gigabits per second (Gbps)—equivalent to moving four billion gigabytes per day, nearly doubling last year's record. The team also reached a new record for a two-way transfer on a single link by sending data at 187 Gbps between Victoria, Canada, and Salt Lake City.

11/01/2012

Caltech Faculty Named AMS Fellows

Marcus Woo

Nine members of Caltech's faculty have been named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

10/30/2012

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Wallace L. W. Sargent

Wallace L. W. Sargent, Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus, at Caltech, passed away on October 29.

10/16/2012

Two Faculty Members Named Packard Fellows

Marcus Woo

Two Caltech faculty members have been awarded Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.

10/03/2012

Noted Physicist Robert F. Christy Dies

Kathy Svitil

Robert F. Christy, one of the last people alive to have worked on the Manhattan Project and whose later research in astrophysics contributed to our understanding of the size of the universe, passed away on October 3 at his home in Pasadena. The former provost and acting president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he was a longtime professor, was 96 years old.

10/01/2012

Caltech Faculty Members Honored by Popular Mechanics

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech engineers and scientists often work at the frontiers of science—pushing the limits of what is known and what is possible.

08/31/2012

Dennis Kochmann Wins International Solid Mechanics Award

Brian Bell

Caltech assistant professor of aerospace Dennis Kochmann received the 2012 IUTAM Bureau Prize in solid mechanics from the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

08/26/2012

Weighing Molecules One at a Time

Marcus Woo

A team led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has made the first-ever mechanical device that can measure the mass of individual molecules one at a time.

08/20/2012

It's Always Sunny in Caltech Lab

Katie Neith

In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television feeds to GPS navigation. Although these spacecraft soar high above storms on Earth, they are still vulnerable to weather—only it's weather from the sun. Large solar flares—or plasma that erupts from the sun's surface—can cause widespread damage, both in space and on Earth, which is why researchers at Caltech are working to learn more about the possible precursors to solar flares called plasma loops.