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Caltech

California Institute of Technology, private research university

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges.

The Institute manages JPL for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet. Caltech also owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M. Keck Observatories; and cofounded and comanages LIGO.

Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.

Visit website: http://www.caltech.edu/

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Details last updated 04-Feb-2019

People at Caltech

Michael B. Lund

Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech

Sumner Norman

Postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Richard Andersen

Professor of Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology.

Chiara Daraio

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics at Caltech.

Sean Carroll

Theoretical physicist specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology.

Bruce Hay

Professor at Caltech.

Mikhail Shapiro

Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech.

Azita Emami

Cherng Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering at Caltech.

Caltech News

Functional ultrasound imaging decodes your brain intentions

Functional ultrasound imaging decodes your brain intentions

Medgadget - 23-Mar-2021

Records changes in blood flow to detect brain activity - alternative to invasive brain interface tools

Tracking of medical nanobots comes a step closer

Tracking of medical nanobots comes a step closer

The Engineer - 13-Jun-2017

One problem with nanobots (aka capsule endoscopes) is tracking their location once ingested. ATO...

Heat-sensitive artificial skin mimics viper organ

Heat-sensitive artificial skin mimics viper organ

The Engineer - 30-Jan-2017

Artificial skin can sense temperature changes. Could enable amputees to sense heat via prostheti...

American Ants That Never Get Old

American Ants That Never Get Old

Smithsonian - 21-Jan-2016

Pheidole dentata don’t show any signs of aging. Their brains appear just as sharp and they are j...