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The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. The Institute maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering, and operates and manages NASA's neighboring Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech is a small school, with only about 2100 students (about 900 undergraduates and 1200 graduate students), but it is ranked in the top ten universities worldwide by metrics such as citation index, Nobel Prizes, and general university rankings.
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2014
17 Mar 2014
Promising news for solar fuels using bionic leaves
There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis.2013
21 Nov 2013
Thermoelectric Devices Developments at NASA
California Institute of Technology, NASA, United States
21 Oct 2013
Study on jellyfish energy consumption to improve robotic designs
Researchers are part of a national study that has cracked how jellyfish move with the lowest cost of transport of any animal.28 Jun 2013
Exotic alloys for potential energy applications
The search for thermoelectrics, exotic materials that convert heat directly into electricity, has received a boost from researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo, who have found the best way to identify them.13 Feb 2013
FLEX 2013
The FLEX 2013 conference and exhibition took place in Phoenix, Arizona between the 30th of January and the 1st of February 2013.1 Jan 2013
Manipulating light to double solar power output
A new $2.4 million project funded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy aims to greatly increase the amount of sunlight that becomes electricity.2012
4 Sep 2012
Compact electrodynamic harvesting with polymers?
The phenomenon described below may be useful in compact energy harvesting using polymers electrodynamically.26 Mar 2012
Liquid-like materials could pave way for new thermoelectric devices
In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it the potential to be even more efficient than traditional thermoelectrics.2011
11 Aug 2011
NASA's solar-powered spacecraft sets off for Jupiter
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:25 a.m. PDT (12:25 p.m. EDT) Friday to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.2010
2 Dec 2010
New Developments with Metamaterials for Printed Electronics
California Institute of Technology, United States
21 Oct 2010
Researchers design new nanomesh material
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a new type of material—made out of silicon, the second most abundant element in Earth's crust—that could lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices.7 Jun 2010
Nantennas and metamaterials for EV photovoltaics
Photovoltaics could be applied to the whole of the outside and inside of the car, even over the lights and the windows25 May 2010
Metamaterials for solar cells
A group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material—a metamaterial—with a particular three-dimensional structure such that light exhibits a negative index of refraction upon entering the material. In other words, this material bends light in the "wrong" direction from what normally would be expected, irrespective of the angle of the approaching light.8 Mar 2010
Highly absorbing flexible solar cells
Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons.8 Mar 2010
Lab plays key role in Department of Energy's artificial retina project
Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are developing the electronics for a third-generation artificial retina.26 Feb 2010
Flexible solar cells with silicon wire arrays
Caltech researchers create highly absorbing, flexible solar cells with silicon wire arrays3 Feb 2010
Energy harvesting rubber sheets
Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.2009
16 Nov 2009
Dow and Caltech's next generation photovoltaics research initiative
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced that they had recently signed a multi-year research collaboration that is strategic to both organizations' interests in solar energy.27 Aug 2009
Self-assembled DNA scaffolding to build tiny circuit boards
Nanotechnology advance could lead to smaller, faster, more energy-efficient computer chips2 Jun 2009
Military thermoelectrics
Thermoelectric energy harvesting is used in many military applications. In addition, it is used in the related area of generating energy on space vehicles in deep space where thermoelectric are ineffective, this being done by converting the heat of a radioactive material - the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator RTG.