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3D printed materials made up of interlocking ring or cage particles—essentially, three-dimensional chain mail—form a new type of matter, neither granular nor crystalline, that responds to some stresses like a fluid and to others like a solid.

An interdisciplinary team led by Wei Gao has created tiny bubble-like microrobots that can deliver therapeutics right where they are needed and then be absorbed by the body.

Led by researchers from UCLA, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and MIT, Caltech will participate in the Quantum Sensing and Imaging Lab (Q-SAIL) pilot project that aims to “develop quantum sensors based on two-dimensional trapped-ion arrays.”

Through a combination of extensive laboratory experiments and theoretical work, a team of Caltech scientists has made it possible to build unique gels with dynamic chemical bonds starting from a molecular understanding.

The professor of applied physics and materials science will receive $1.25 million over five years to go after riskier ideas in physics.