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Answering a challenge from collaborating cancer specialists, Lihong Wang has pioneered a means of analyzing excised tissues during surgery itself with the help of AI, permitting surgeons to continue removing tissue as necessary until all the cancer is gone.
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Intraoperative Tumor Histology May Enable More-Effective Cancer Surgeries
Engineers at Caltech have developed a method for analyzing biopsied material during surgery to ensure complete removal of cancerous tissue.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Answering a challenge from collaborating cancer specialists, Lihong Wang has pioneered a means of analyzing excised tissues during surgery itself with the help of AI, permitting surgeons to continue removing tissue as necessary until all the cancer is gone.
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Brent Minchew, Caltech professor of geophysics, discusses how we might prevent sea-level rise.
We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role
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January 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Brent Minchew, Caltech professor of geophysics, discusses how we might prevent sea-level rise.
As our community grappled with loss and uncertainty after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, researchers jumped into action, collecting data as soon as flames erupted. In this podcast series, scientists and engineers lend their expertise and answer questions.
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After the Fires
Hear from Caltech and JPL scientists and engineers who lend their expertise and answer questions from the local community. In this series, find out what they are learning, as they are learning it.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
As our community grappled with loss and uncertainty after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, researchers jumped into action, collecting data as soon as flames erupted. In this podcast series, scientists and engineers lend their expertise and answer questions.
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One year after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech researchers are pressing forward with research projects to provide answers in service of public health and safety.
One Year Later, Fire Research Continues to Support the Community
Caltech researchers continue to bring their tools and expertise to answer pressing questions in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
One year after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech researchers are pressing forward with research projects to provide answers in service of public health and safety.
Ray Jayawardhana Appointed Caltech’s Tenth President
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January 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
It is our great privilege to announce today the appointment of Ray Jayawardhana, a renowned astrophysicist, accomplished academic leader, and award-winning author, as the tenth president of Caltech.
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Ray Jayawardhana Appointed Caltech's Tenth President
The Johns Hopkins University provost, renowned astrophysicist, and award-winning author will begin as the Institute's leader on July 1, 2026.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
It is our great privilege to announce today the appointment of Ray Jayawardhana, a renowned astrophysicist, accomplished academic leader, and award-winning author, as the tenth president of Caltech.
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Please join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. on campus or online for the naming of Caltech’s next president!
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January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Please join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. on campus or online for the naming of Caltech’s next president!
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A new Caltech-led study provides the most detailed picture to date of how the Hollywood Basin responds to groundwater usage, revealing that current estimates of sustainable groundwater yield may be too high.
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Satellite Data Reveals New Insights into Sustainable Groundwater Usage in the Hollywood Basin
Caltech researchers use 30 years of InSAR measurements to estimate sustainable groundwater yield
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December 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A new Caltech-led study provides the most detailed picture to date of how the Hollywood Basin responds to groundwater usage, revealing that current estimates of sustainable groundwater yield may be too high.
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$50 million commitment to Caltech endows and names the Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, securing the Institute's leadership in the rapidly evolving sectors of space science and exploration.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
$50 million commitment to Caltech endows and names the Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, securing the Institute's leadership in the rapidly evolving sectors of space science and exploration.
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Led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA, and published in the journal Nature, the new study could have implications for scientists' understanding of Titan and other icy moons throughout our solar system.
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Saturn's Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean
Caltech and JPL researchers find that Saturn's moon may instead have layers of slush with isolated pockets of liquid water
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December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA, and published in the journal Nature, the new study could have implications for scientists' understanding of Titan and other icy moons throughout our solar system.
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Astronomers are reporting evidence for a possible second kilonova event, but the case is not closed. In fact, this situation is much more complex.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Astronomers are reporting evidence for a possible second kilonova event, but the case is not closed. In fact, this situation is much more complex.
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Caltech's new assistant professor of mathematics Lingfu Zhang wants to elucidate the math behind these growth patterns and understand how and why the math is so widespread.
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The Math of Universality
A conversation with new mathematics faculty member Lingfu Zhang.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Caltech's new assistant professor of mathematics Lingfu Zhang wants to elucidate the math behind these growth patterns and understand how and why the math is so widespread.
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled! 🔧
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IPAC hosts the Roman Science Support Center, conducting Coronagraph Instrument operations, data processing, proposal management, and community engagement.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled! 🔧
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IPAC hosts the Roman Science Support Center, conducting Coronagraph Instrument operations, data processing, proposal management, and community engagement.
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A team of scientists led by Caltech and Cedars-Sinai has developed a new artificial intelligence framework that can accurately, quickly, and efficiently create virtual models of brain neurons.
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Modeling Neurons with the Help of AI
NOBLE framework models bio-realistic neurons to improve studies of brain function and treatments for brain disorders
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December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A team of scientists led by Caltech and Cedars-Sinai has developed a new artificial intelligence framework that can accurately, quickly, and efficiently create virtual models of brain neurons.
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Kip Thorne (BS '62)—theoretical astrophysicist, distinguished alumnus, and Nobel laureate—will deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 132nd annual Commencement ceremony on June 12, 2026.
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Kip Thorne to Deliver the 132nd Commencement Address
Kip Thorne (BS '62)—theoretical astrophysicist, distinguished alumnus, and Nobel laureate—will deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 132nd annual Commencement ceremony on June 12, 2026.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Kip Thorne (BS '62)—theoretical astrophysicist, distinguished alumnus, and Nobel laureate—will deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 132nd annual Commencement ceremony on June 12, 2026.
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Images of distant molecular clouds from the James Webb Space Telescope feature such hot–cold interactions, with frozen dust illuminated by pockets of shocked gas and newborn stars.
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Icy Hot Plasmas: Fluffy, Electrically Charged Ice Grains Reveal New Plasma Dynamics
Studying ice grains in a cryogenically cooled plasma, André Nicolov and Paul Bellan have observed how fluffy particles defy gravity and distribute themselves—insights that could be useful in computer-...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Images of distant molecular clouds from the James Webb Space Telescope feature such hot–cold interactions, with frozen dust illuminated by pockets of shocked gas and newborn stars.
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In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common form of reproductive technology. However, there are still many unanswered scientific questions about the basic biology of embryos, that, if resolved, could ultimately improve IVF's success rate.
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The Earliest Stage of Embryos Show Specialized Asymmetry
The site of fertilization plays a key role in how embryo cells decide their fate
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December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common form of reproductive technology. However, there are still many unanswered scientific questions about the basic biology of embryos, that, if resolved, could ultimately improve IVF's success rate.
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Kenny Lau, a postdoctoral scholar research associate and experimental cosmologist in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA), passed away on November 22, 2025. He was 36 years old.
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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Postdoctoral Scholar Kenny Lau (1989–2025)
Kenny Lau, a postdoctoral scholar research associate and experimental cosmologist in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA), passed away on November 22, 2025. He was 36 years old.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Kenny Lau, a postdoctoral scholar research associate and experimental cosmologist in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA), passed away on November 22, 2025. He was 36 years old.
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The results are in!
We’ve been ranked #3 in Interdisciplinary Sciences in association with Schmidt Science Fellows.
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We’ve been ranked #3 in Interdisciplinary Sciences in association with Schmidt Science Fellows.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The results are in!
We’ve been ranked #3 in Interdisciplinary Sciences in association with Schmidt Science Fellows.
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We’ve been ranked #3 in Interdisciplinary Sciences in association with Schmidt Science Fellows.
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A detailed new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled the most precise portrait yet of a rare cosmic system: a pair of massive dying stars, known as Wolf–Rayet stars, orbiting tightly around each other.
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Rare Star System Gives Insights into the Origins of Carbon Dust in the Galaxy
A new JWST image provides a detailed look at the carbonaceous dust shells thrown off by two extremely rare stars orbiting one another.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A detailed new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled the most precise portrait yet of a rare cosmic system: a pair of massive dying stars, known as Wolf–Rayet stars, orbiting tightly around each other.
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1/3 Some photos from poster session at last month's #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance Conference at @washupolisci.bsky.social. Great Posters, everyone. Thanks for participating! More photos & videos forthcoming. Co-Organizers Betsy Sinclair & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
1/3 Some photos from poster session at last month's #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance Conference at @washupolisci.bsky.social. Great Posters, everyone. Thanks for participating! More photos & videos forthcoming. Co-Organizers Betsy Sinclair & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu
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Come to see us at #39 in the graduate school fair of #SfN25 @sfn.org to learn about the wonderful programs in Neuroscience at @caltech.edu. We are here to answer questions about Phd in Computational neuroscience, Neurobiology, MD/PhD and postdocs!
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Come to see us at #39 in the graduate school fair of #SfN25 @sfn.org to learn about the wonderful programs in Neuroscience at @caltech.edu. We are here to answer questions about Phd in Computational neuroscience, Neurobiology, MD/PhD and postdocs!
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Please help AWM congratulate the winners of the 2026 Schafer Prizes for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman!
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Please help AWM congratulate the winners of the 2026 Schafer Prizes for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman!
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@caltech.edu astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin discusses how AI’s rapid rise is redefining how scientists teach, learn, and innovate. youtube.com/shorts/THqlj...
Caltech Astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin on AI and the Future of Innovation
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November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@caltech.edu astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin discusses how AI’s rapid rise is redefining how scientists teach, learn, and innovate. youtube.com/shorts/THqlj...
L'Oréal USA has awarded one of five 2025 For Women in Science grants to Caltech's Georgia Squyres, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Dianne Newman, Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Merkin Institute Professor.
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Postdoc Awarded L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Grant
Biologist Georgia Squyres receives a research fellowship to study bacterial biofilm communities.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
L'Oréal USA has awarded one of five 2025 For Women in Science grants to Caltech's Georgia Squyres, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Dianne Newman, Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Merkin Institute Professor.
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