1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (694+ words) Caltech A Training Device to Build Technical Skills and Expand Access to High-Performance Diagnostic Testing The rise of automation and AI has raised fears about job loss, but a team led by Caltech medical engineers suggests that smart tools can…...

6+ day, 24+ min ago  (463+ words) "We found that most people compromise, settling on something between their two preferences," says Ketika Garg, a postdoctoral scholar research associate in the Mobbs lab. "But we also found that when outcomes are shared, people are biased in how they…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (233+ words) Schuman, along with her co-recipients Christine Holt, Kelsey Martin, and Oswald Steward, study the fundamental cellular biology of brain cells called neurons. Together they have identified how individual neurons form, maintain, and modify thousands of synaptic connections, each of which…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (522+ words) On June 17, professors, students, alumni, donors, state and local government representatives, and industry partners gathered to celebrate the dedication of the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement at Caltech, a new center that will serve as…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (627+ words) Now, physicists at Caltech and Stanford University have developed devices called nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) that allow phonons to exhibit their quantum behavior purely through the intrinsic properties of the material that makes up the device. Previously, it was not possible…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (11+ words) How men and women perceive the risks associated with artificial intelligence...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (522+ words) Growing up in Madrid, Spain, Adri'n Lozano-Dur'n was always interested in aerospace. He was fascinated by planes, rockets, and how things flew. Today, he is an associate professor of aerospace at Caltech, where he develops models that accurately simulate phenomena…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (553+ words) Caltech Caltech Hosts Quantum Benchmarking Symposium Quantum computers and other devices hold incredible promise for enabling new types of sensors and communications, improving simulations of physical and chemical systems, and ushering in new levels of secure cryptography. While dangling such…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (299+ words) Anyone who has ever used a microscope knows that it takes time to bring a sample into sharp focus. Each time you move the slide, the image blurs, and you have to stop and carefully turn a knob to bring…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (367+ words) "We saw populations of face cells transition from detection to discrimination by switching from an object-general code to a face-specific one in a very short period of time," says Shi, who is first author on the paper and has been…...