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Microbial Life Support: The Invisible Living Networks that Shape Our Oceans
Watson Lecture PreviewVictoria OrphanWhile invisible to the naked eye, microorganisms and their interactions with each other and their environment play fundamental roles in the cycling of elements...
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Digging for Answers: An Interview with Claire Bucholz
News Writer: Robert PerkinsCredit: Claire BucholzNew Caltech faculty member Claire Bucholz is a globe-trotting field geologist studying igneous rocks from the transition between the Archean and...
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Caltech Event Provides Introduction to Climate Science
Two-day series of lectures briefed attendees on the mechanisms driving climate changeNews Writer: Robert PerkinsTo mark the start of Earth Week, Caltech hosted a two-day series of lectures about...
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JPL News: NASA, ULA Launch Mission to Study How Mars Was Made
The NASA InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, Saturday, May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using...
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Moving Magnetic Fields Disrupt Ice Nucleation
Finding may lead to fresher foods, and less agricultural wasteNews Writer: Robert PerkinsFreezer burned peas embedded in ice. Damage to foods during freezing may be mitigated by supercooling, according...
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Seismometer Readings Could Offer Debris Flow Early Warning
Researchers decipher readings from January's Montecito landslide to determine details of disaster's scale and locationNews Writer: Robert PerkinsDamage from the January debris flow in Montecito....
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JPL News: New Satellite Map Shows Ground Deformation After Indonesian Quake
Scientists with NASA/Caltech's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis project (ARIA) used new satellite data to produce a map of ground deformation on the resort island of Lombok, Indonesia following a...
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JPL News: NASA's InSight Passes Halfway to Mars, Instruments Check In
This artist's concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars.Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to a Nov. 26 landing on Mars, passed...
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Experiments using Diamond Anvils Yield New Insight into the Deep Earth
Evidence suggests that subducting slabs of the earth's crust may generate unusual features spotted near the coreNews Writer: Robert PerkinsThe diamond anvil in which samples of magnesiowüstite were...
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Murray Lab Helps Scientists See Themselves on Mars
Caltech's planetary visualization lab played a key role in helping choose the Mars 2020 landing siteNews Writer: Robert PerkinsA topographical map of Jezero Crater, where the Mars 2020 mission will...
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