Mathematical equations can make Internet communication via computer, mobile phone or satellite many times faster and more secure than today. Results with software developed by researchers fr... Read more
Caltech engineers build electronic chips that repair themselves Imagine that the chips in your smart phone or computer could repair and defend themselves on the fly, recovering in microsecon... Read more
A material previously unknown to science A new mineral, named panguite, has been discovered by Caltech researchers examining the Allende meteorite that broke up in the skies over northern Me... Read more
Imagine if doctors could perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin. Or if they could diagnose cancer by seeing tumors inside the body with a procedure that is as simple as... Read more
Our ePetri dish is a compact, small, lens-free microscopy imaging platform When it comes to laboratory equipment, it doesn’t get much more basic than the humble petri dish. Aside from... Read more
The quest to derive energy from wind may soon be getting some help from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri — and a school of fish. As head o... Read more