@Caltech

The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.

 Pasadena, CA
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Joined September 2008
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George Wells Beadle of @Caltech was born #OTD in 1903. Beadle received a Basic Medical Research Lasker Award in 1950 and a #NobelPrize in 1958 for his contributions to the understanding of the genetic control of metabolic processes. Find out more: ow.ly/QNwz50KHbkp
A stylized graphic in faded purple featuring a black-and-white portrait of George Wells Beadle, a Lasker Laureate recognized for genetic control of metabolic processes, set against a faded background of the mold Neurospora, which he studied.

ALT A stylized graphic in faded purple featuring a black-and-white portrait of George Wells Beadle, a Lasker Laureate recognized for genetic control of metabolic processes, set against a faded background of the mold Neurospora, which he studied.

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SkAI and NNCI welcomed @Caltech’s Dr. @AnimaAnandkumar on neural operators & AI for science. From a weather model that beat supercomputers to simulating black holes and fusion reactors, she still emphasizes the human role: "AI isn’t replacing scientists anytime soon."
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Meet Harry B. Gray (@Caltech) #CitationLaureate 2026 in Chemistry. ▶️ Hear him reflect on a career spent exploring one of nature's most fundamental questions: how electrons move through living systems. #CitationLaureates
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Really excited to share that our work on TorchLean at @Caltech, with @AnimaAnandkumar, has been selected for support through the 2026 AI for Math Fund, run by @RenPhilanthropy and funded by @xtxmarkets. Since releasing TorchLean, we’ve expanded from verified neural-network execution to autodiff, floating-point semantics, verification, and GPU execution; uncovered bugs and semantic mismatches across major ML stacks; and seen teams at major companies and U.S. national labs begin using it for ML verification. With this support, we’re excited to push toward formally verified GPU execution and GPU kernel verification—part of a broader goal of making AI and scientific computation trustworthy across the full stack. TorchLean: leandojo.org/torchlean.html Congrats to all the winners!
Renaissance Philanthropy
@RenPhilanthropyOct 6
We're delighted to announce the winners of this year’s grants from the AI for Math Fund, powered by founding donor @xtxmarkets: 22 winners, 30+ organizations, selected from 400+ applications across 50 countries. Backed by a record $17.1M from XTX Markets, bringing their total commitment to $35.1M. renaissancephilanthropy.org/… 1/2

Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets Announce Further $17.1 Million to Accelerate Mathematical...

AI for Math Fund has now committed a total of $35.1 million.

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Today's featured university icon is Beckman Auditorium, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. You can find this #CalTech photo, and others, in the "California Institute of Technology " Collection, in the 🔗 below. university-icons.pixels.com/… @CalTech @caltechalumni
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Magic. Awe. Wonder. ✨🌑🚀🪐 @NASAJPL #ExploreJPL
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ExploreJPL is BACK! After a three-year hiatus, a remarkable two days of inspiration, awe, curiosity, technological and scientific brilliance! 26,000 visitors 900 volunteers 💛 ✅ Missions in Flight ✅ Moon to Mars ✅ Makerspace/s and Microdevices ✅ Missions that Changed the World A team from across @NASA, @NASAJPL and @Caltech that are indeed changing the world…couldn’t be prouder
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John Preskill
@preskillOct 8
It's an exciting time @TeamOratomic. We are on a focused mission to build a utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, and have now raised $775M since our launch in March 2026. Find out more about us here: oratomic.com/news/mission

Building the Computer | Oratomic

At Oratomic, our mission is to build the world's first utility-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers.

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Jue Wang
@juesephOct 5
Introducing AlphaProtein Novo, a pipeline for de novo enzyme design! In collaboration with @francesarnold's group, we developed AP Novo and used it to get SoTA "novel-scaffold" activity on 2 benchmark reactions and create enzymes to synthesize the pharmaceutical motif piperidine and degrade the environmental toxin DEHP. Work led by @ZvxyWu @ZiqiLi0513 with teammates @alexechu_ @kelly_ruijie @schulluc @jacobjinkelly @rosaliags @davidla @solserpens @j_reisenbauer, @pengliu_group, Josh, Thomas, Amy, Tristan, Harshnira, and others. It was a joy and privilege to work with you all! Preprints and code: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… github.com/google-deepmind/a…
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How does the brain turn sensory signals, internal states, & motivation into instinctive behavior? Lisa Stowers of Scripps Research reveals the neural computations behind courtship, aggression, fear & parental care @ the Chen Institute 10th Anniversary Symposium, Dec. 3–4 @Caltech
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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com
@NASASpaceflightAug 30
S/C Sep for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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That post-launch feeling! 🚀
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could uncover oodles of potentially Earth-like exoplanets during its survey of our galaxy’s central, star-packed bulge. But astronomers probably won’t be able to learn much more about most of them. spklr.io/6018ErrQ4

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think

The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets

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Congrats, @NASARoman team — what an amazing launch! We are excited to follow the telescope’s journey to L2 and can’t wait to see what it reveals about the universe.
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Ad astra ⭐ At 7:26am ET (1126 UTC) on Aug. 30, @NASARoman took to the skies en route to its new home 1 million miles away from Earth. It should reach its final destination in one month: go.nasa.gov/4iDR2Hz
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope transiting the Sun as it lifts off to space. The rocket's trail creates a fluffy plume that extends below the Sun. The background sky is a golden haze. Credit: NASA/John Kraus

ALT A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope transiting the Sun as it lifts off to space. The rocket's trail creates a fluffy plume that extends below the Sun. The background sky is a golden haze. Credit: NASA/John Kraus

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NASA JPL
@NASAJPLAug 28
What's so cool about the Roman Coronagraph? Well, it's the first *active* coronagraph in space, meaning that it can adjust itself on the fly to help scientists get the clearest glare-free images. The @NASARoman Space Telescope is set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30!
An engineer at JPL looks at the Roman Coronagraph Instrument's fast steering mirror.

ALT An engineer at JPL looks at the Roman Coronagraph Instrument's fast steering mirror.

A series of color filters on the Color Filter Assembly for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

ALT A series of color filters on the Color Filter Assembly for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

JPL engineers assemble the electronics palette for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument.

ALT JPL engineers assemble the electronics palette for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument.

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Roman is on her way. 🚀 Years of work, extraordinary engineering, and one incredible launch. Congratulations to the entire @NASA team and our partners who made this mission possible. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to open an entirely new window into our universe.
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Acquisition of signal confirmed for our @NASARoman telescope. We have spacecraft separation, and a last look at Roman, now flying on its own. go.nasa.gov/4chzg9c
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Fox News
@FoxNewsAug 30
BREAKING: NASA launches its next-generation Roman space telescope, which is set to travel about one million miles from Earth and map billions of galaxies with sweeping infrared surveys.
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The launch of NASA’s new space telescope is a dry run for the search for extraterrestrial life, @Andersen reports: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

A New Way of Seeing Alien Worlds

The latest telescope launch will be a major step toward finding extraterrestrial life.

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Bring a bit of the cosmos into your space @NASARoman is set to investigate some of the biggest questions in astrophysics, from how the universe evolved to how common planets are beyond our solar system. Celebrate its upcoming launch by bringing Roman into your own space: go.nasa.gov/4qEQJOM
Stylized poster featuring the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope emerging from an open book, as if rising from its pages. The telescope is centered against a deep blue cosmic background with vertical beams of glowing light and swirling orbital paths encircling it. Small spacecraft and nebula-like elements float around the telescope, giving a sense of motion and discovery. At the top left is the NASA logo and “National Aeronautics and Space Administration.” At the bottom, bold text reads: “Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope,” with “nasa.gov” in small type underneath.

ALT Stylized poster featuring the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope emerging from an open book, as if rising from its pages. The telescope is centered against a deep blue cosmic background with vertical beams of glowing light and swirling orbital paths encircling it. Small spacecraft and nebula-like elements float around the telescope, giving a sense of motion and discovery. At the top left is the NASA logo and “National Aeronautics and Space Administration.” At the bottom, bold text reads: “Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope,” with “nasa.gov” in small type underneath.

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Liftoff! @NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches on a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at @NASAKennedy. Check back for more images! 📷: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD3uMR
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches with NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches with NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches with NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches with NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A pair of SpaceX Falcon Heavy side boosters perform their boost back burns following separation from the center core during the launch of NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT A pair of SpaceX Falcon Heavy side boosters perform their boost back burns following separation from the center core during the launch of NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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