NASA participated for the first time in Norway's annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea on June 8 through 11. Scientists flew a specialized NASA airborne instrument to monitor a controlled release of oil into the sea.

Through a newly discovered self-repair mechanism, injured jellyfish repair body symmetry rather than regenerating missing limbs.

Clinical trials are used to test the latest drugs and treatments, but few of these trials track how human behavior influences the effectiveness of these therapeutics. In a new study, Caltech's Erik Snowberg suggests an approach to tracking such influences.

Known as the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy, or CARMA, the telescopes tucked away on a remote, high-altitude site in the Inyo Mountains formed one of the most powerful millimeter interferometers in the world.

A new study by Caltech researchers suggests that yeast could serve as a fast and inexpensive model organism for studying human obesity.

Taking advantage of airborne radar tools, Caltech researchers provide two possible explanations for a series of unusual earthquakes seen in Iceland during a period of volcanic activity that started in August last year.

The discovery, made using a robotic observing system, offers new insight into how white dwarfs become Type Ia supernovae.

The Advanced LIGO Project, a major upgrade that will increase the sensitivity of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories instruments by a factor of 10 was officially dedicated on May 19.

A part of the brain that controls intuitive movement planning could be key to improving motor control in paralyzed patients with prosthetics.

A new Caltech study reveals that fruit flies exhibit the building blocks of emotion.