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Caltech’s new fiber-like photonic chips achieve record-low visible-light loss, enabling more coherent lasers and next-generation quantum and sensing technologies.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake woke Angelenos at 4:30 in the morning on January 17th, 1994. Called the Northridge Earthquake, it killed fifty-seven people and caused between $20 and $40 billion worth of ...

The Resnick Sustainability Center, an 80,000-square-foot hub currently housing four research centers, opened in October 2024. (Michael Moran) The new $133 million RSC, an 80,000-square-foot hub ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa have made a historic $50 million commitment to Caltech for its ...

The Caltech professor tells students to use AI as a tool, not fear it. She says great programmers who guide AI will be in high demand — but bad coders will be in trouble. One of AI's leading ...