How to use 1000 registers (1979)

People shown photos of politicians they're not familiar with can make better-than-chance judgments about whether those politicians have been convicted of corruption, even without knowing anything about the politicians or their careers…

Three Generations of Asynchronous Microprocessors (2003)

Leaders of democratic nations actually have stronger incentives to start and exacerbate conflicts with other countries than their autocratic counterparts, suggests a new Caltech study published by the American Journal of Political Science.

Men with increased testosterone levels have a greater preference for goods that are considered status symbols.

Researchers have mapped the cell nucleus in 3D for the first time, revealing the packaging and organization of a cell's DNA in unprecedented detail.

Particular species of beneficial bacteria actually harnesses the body's immune response so that it can settle down comfortably in the gut

Using a tiny array of electrodes implanted in the brain's somatosensory cortex, Caltech scientists have induced sensations of touch and movement in the arm of a paralyzed man

Machine-Learning Software Predicts Behavior of Bacteria

Massive Astrophysical Objects Governed by Subatomic Equation: a surprising new discovery from a Caltech researcher suggests that the Schrödinger Equation—the fundamental equation of quantum mechanics—is remarkably useful in describing the long-term evolution of certain astronomical structures.