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Four JPL-built propulsive drones – known as MoonFall – will survey the lunar surface at potential @NASAArtemis landing sites in unprecedented detail. The mission is part of the initial phase of the @NASAMoonBase initiative. Learn more: jpl.nasa.gov/missions/moonf…

Oscar Mandel, author, playwright, and professor of literature, emeritus, at Caltech, passed away on May 20, 2026. He was 99 years old. caltech.edu/about/news/cal…

Models to explain Ganymede's formation and dynamo have been developed, but they are at odds with each other. Now, a study led by Caltech proposes a new mechanism to reconcile the two—one that suggests Ganymede's interior may still be warming up. caltech.edu/about/news/gan…

More than 2,000 students, teachers, and volunteers took part in the 2026 Southern California Science Olympiad State Tournament, hosted at Caltech and Polytechnic School in April. caltech.edu/about/news/cal…

Thank you, @Caltech, for being part of the community of sponsors at ISEF! #RegeneronISEF

The Future Leaders Program of the Chemical Abstracts Service's (CAS) 2026 cohort includes graduate student Anjali Gurajapu from the laboratory of Sarah Reisman. caltech.edu/about/news/che…

Three Caltech professors and their colleague from Stanford University have been addressing the question of how to assess the performance of quantum systems. caltech.edu/about/news/cal…

A team of scientists at Caltech have developed a new autofocus technique, which they call Digital Defocus Aberration Interference (DAbI), shared in a paper published online on April 24 in the journal Nature Communications. caltech.edu/about/news/sim…

Avinash "Avi" Vadali, a fourth-year undergraduate studying physics, has been named a recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, one of the most selective graduate funding awards in the United States. caltech.edu/about/news/und…

Lihong Wang, Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, and a team of Caltech researchers have developed a system that can perform ultrasound tomography (UST) imaging on whole cross-sections of the body. caltech.edu/about/news/sca…

LIGO-India broke ground on April 23, 2026, at Aundha in the Hingoli district of Maharashtra, located in the western peninsular region of India. caltech.edu/about/news/lig…

In a recently published paper in Nature, the team shows that neurons in the IT cortex rapidly switch from a neural code that supports face detection to one optimized for face identification—all within roughly 20 milliseconds after a face is viewed. caltech.edu/about/news/fix…

Two Caltech professors were awarded 2026 New Horizons Prizes as part of the Breakthrough Foundation's annual prize ceremony, known colloquially as the "Oscars of Science." caltech.edu/about/news/cal…

Imaging is a critical technique in biology. Now, an interdisciplinary team of Caltech researchers has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify cells in images for a wide variety of biological applications. caltech.edu/about/news/ai-…

Melatonin is a naturally produced molecule that has long been suspected to play a role in healthy sleep. Now, Caltech researchers have discovered a mechanism through which melatonin promotes sleep, using zebrafish models in the laboratory. caltech.edu/about/news/how…

Caltech researchers led by Austin Minnich, professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics, and deputy chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, have demonstrated a laser-based method for generating thin films of materials. caltech.edu/about/news/mak…

Shu-ou Shan, Caltech's Altair Professor of Chemistry, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest honorary societies. She joins 251 other new members this year. caltech.edu/about/news/sha…

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now on its way out of our solar system, never to return. caltech.edu/about/news/int…

In late March, the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship to 454 third- and fourth-year university students, including four third-year scholars from Caltech. caltech.edu/about/news/fou…

Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet's surface. caltech.edu/about/news/bat…