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Artist’s illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft after its pass through a plume erupting from Europa’s surface.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Michigan

An artist’s rendering of the new design for a robot that uses material deformation to propel itself through water.

Credit: Tian Chen and Osama R. Bilal

Credit: Caltech Alumni Association

Mikhail Shapiro

A cell turns blue as it emits chemical signals that diffuse throughout its environment. When nearby cells receive the signal, they turn yellow. This movie illustrates the process by which cells talk to each other and make decisions about how to develop.

Credit: P. Li / Elowitz laboratory

Mikhail Shapiro

Credit: Mario de Lopez for Caltech

The circular E. coli genome. Sets of genes, or operons, which lack regulatory understanding are shown in red. Though E. coli is the most well-studied organism on the planet, scientists do not understand the regulatory mechanisms of 67 percent of E. coli’s genes.

Credit: Courtesy of the Phillips laboratory

Freezer burned peas embedded in ice. Damage to foods during freezing may be mitigated by supercooling, according to a new study.

Credit: Ragesoss/CC BY-SA 3.0

Frances Arnold

Credit: Caltech