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Controversy over ‘Mathathon’ at Caltech

A new event at the California Institute of Technology, called ‘Mathathon’, pulled together by a group of undergraduate students to…

NSF Funding for Caltech-Led “Cloud Laboratory” Leverages AI to Explore Chemical Dark Matter: A Conversation with Hosea Nelson

Caltech chemistry professor Hosea Nelson (PhD '13) has his eyes on a big goal: He wants to know the three-dimensional…

OpenAI Is Beefing With Mathematicians, Will No Longer Sponsor Caltech ‘Mathathon’

What mathematicians are calling “destructive,” OpenAI calls “disruptive.” OpenAI research lead Dan Roberts tweeted on Thursday that the firm would…

Caltech’s New Device Steers Light With Light at Mind-Bending Speed

Caltech researchers created a chip that uses a patterned beam of light to modify the optical properties of a meta-material.…

OpenAI drops out of Caltech AI math hackathon after backlash

Tech OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop'

Caltech Joins the Genesis Mission

Two new multi-institution collaborations led by Caltech scientists have been selected to receive first-round funding from the U.S. Department of…

D3 DIRT: Caltech set to open; Eslinger on the move to the Ivy League

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Caltech head men’s basketball coach Doc Eslinger is on the move and…

KAIST, Caltech to jointly select, mentor postdoctoral researchers

Sarah E. Reisman, a chemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology, speaks at a joint workshop at the Korea…

Caltech Takes Over Two NASA Earth Science Missions

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) payload, located on the International Space Station, is being transferred to Caltech to operate alongside…

Thermal Anomaly Discovered Below Mars’s South Pole

Researchers have discovered a thermal asymmetry deep beneath the surface throughout Mars's southern hemisphere. Based on gravitational measurements that give…