Scientists have engineered an enzyme to break down silicon-carbon bonds in siloxanes, marking a significant step towards making these widespread and environmentally persistent chemicals biodegradable.…
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Research on φX174, a bacteriophage, unveils potential in treating antibiotic-resistant infections. Historically significant in phage therapy and molecular biology, φX174’s unique cell-lysing mechanism could pave…
The latest advancements in Brain-Machine Interfaces feature functional ultrasound (fUS), a non-invasive technique for reading brain activity. This innovation has shown promising results in controlling…
Caltech Professor Paul Bellan’s two-decade research on plasma jets reveals unexpected behaviors in ‘cold’ plasmas. Initially theorizing a collision-avoidance mechanism for electron acceleration, Bellan later…
An artist’s concept of the frequency microcomb developed by Caltech’s Kerry Vahala and his collaborators. Credit: Yuan, Bowers, Vahala, et al. Researchers at Caltech have…
Researchers from Caltech have developed a quantum eraser to correct “erasure” errors in quantum computing systems. This technique, which involves manipulating alkaline-earth neutral atoms in…
Recent research at Caltech has made significant improvements to a photoacoustic imaging technology called PATER, now evolved into PACTER. This new version simplifies the technology…
The Mathematics and Machine Learning 2023 conference at Caltech highlights the growing integration of machine learning in mathematics, offering new solutions to complex problems and…
Researchers have developed a new method to create compact mode-locked lasers on photonic chips, using lithium niobate for active mode-locking. This technology promises to bring…
Caltech researchers used advanced imaging techniques to investigate increased seismic activity in California’s Long Valley Caldera, a dormant supervolcano. Their findings suggest the region is…
Caltech researchers have discovered Hubbard excitons, which are excitons bound magnetically, offering new avenues for exciton-based technological applications. Caltech researchers have discovered Hubbard excitons, which…
Plasma flows along closed magnetic field lines in the corona that pull it back toward the solar surface, forming structures that appear to loop. Credit:…
The knotted materials, which were created out of polymers, exhibit a tensile toughness that far surpasses materials that are unknotted but otherwise structurally identical, including…
Black holes are regions in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape their pull. They are formed from the…
Researchers, in an article published in the journal Leonardo, revealed that after re-examining one of da Vinci’s notebooks, they discovered that the renowned polymath had…
Researchers have discovered that complex random behaviors naturally emerge from even the simplest, chaotic dynamics in a quantum simulator. This illustration zooms into one such…
Physicists at MIT have devised a protocol for verifying the accuracy of quantum experiments. A recent development offers a method to confirm the validity of…
Quantum gravity is one of the biggest mysteries in physics today. Quantum gravity is a set of theories that aim to combine the concepts of…
According to new California Institute of Technology (Caltech) research in mice, specific gut bacteria may suppress binge eating behavior. Gut Microbes Influence Binge-Eating of Sweet…
Artwork depicting a quantum experiment that observes traversable wormhole behavior. Credit: inqnet/A. Mueller (Caltech) Physicists observe wormhole dynamics using a quantum computer in a step…