Caltech and Cal State LA

15+ hour, 18+ min ago   (218+ words) Nature Astronomy (2026) Cite this article For decades, the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) has been the foundational digital library for astronomy. As ADS now becomes the Science Explorer (SciX), the team prioritizes preserving this trusted experience while increasing their support…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (283+ words) Fields Medalist Maxim Kontsevich said AI's advancements in mathematics have exceeded his expectations, acknowledging that a total takeover of the field by this technology is possible but stopping short of calling it inevitable. Kontsevich won the Fields Medal in 1998 for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1646+ words) “40 hours, $2M+ AI credits, solve an open problem.” The backlash came swiftly. Critics objected not only to using AI to tackle open problems, but also to the involvement of AI companies whose models and research practices they have criticized. Within days,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (884+ words) The frontrunner for the most arrogant, tone-deaf remark of 2026 comes from the Association of Human Mathematics (AHM). Upon OpenAI’s announcement that its model had solved 90 of math’s 500 hardest open problems, AHM released a furious denunciation: “Mathematicians did not ask for…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (169+ words) British physicist and science communicator Professor Brian Cox has been awarded the 2026 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication for his contribution to bringing science to audiences around the world. The medal was presented to Cox on October 2 at the Royal…...

1+ week, 41+ min ago   (304+ words) 05 Oct, 2026, 18:36 GMT The Stephen Hawking Medal was established ten years ago by Professor Stephen Hawking, a board member of the STARMUS Festival, to honour individuals who bridge the gap between science and society through the arts, music and film. "Ten…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (143+ words) WCA Welcomes Three New Outstanding National Fellowship Recipients University of Waterloo WCA Welcomes Three New Outstanding National Fellowship Recipients The Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics (WCA) is delighted to welcome three exceptional early-career researchers who have chosen to bring prestigious national…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) The North Carolina university has opened an ISO Class 5 cleanroom as part of a new laboratory supporting research into silicon-based qubits, quantum materials and room-temperature quantum processors Wake Forest University has opened its new Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory (NanoteQ),…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (830+ words) Liam Desré's project tackled one of the biggest mysteries in modern astrophysics A Kingston Secondary School student who challenged one of modern cosmology’s biggest unanswered questions has earned a top international science prize, placing Canada at the forefront of a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) The ceremony, themed “Ignition: The Science of Beginning,” is the first Convocation since Ray Jayawardhana took office July 1 as Caltech’s tenth president. It closes graduate orientation week, three days before fall instruction begins Sept. 28. The program also includes remarks from…...