Caltech Magazine, Volume 81:3, Fall 2018

Table of Contents

An Eye On Innovation
Caltech researchers are looking for technological solutions to some of the most common causes of blindness and vision impairment.

Studies of Montecito
How seismometers could be used to develop an early warning system for incoming debris flows.

From Solid Propellants to Social Justice
A conversation with alumnus Bill Hutchinson.

Mass Spectrometers: A Caltech History
How Institute scientists have refined this piece of instrumentation and are using it to yield new insights across a range of fields.

Robots in the Deep
A Caltech graduate student drops robotic gliders into the Southern Ocean to learn more about sea currents.

Mars's Tough Organic Molecules and Mysterious Methane
New evidence from the Curiosity rover suggests Mars could have supported ancient life..

Making Sure Your Vote Counts
A political science professor tests election integrity in Orange County, California.

SoCaltech
Chalk One Up For Science • Earth in the Balance • Hillary Muskin • Michaelle Mayalu• Modern Math• Cosmic Craft• Introducing Bechtel

In the Community
Under the Stars.

Origins
The Most Beautiful Experiment.

Revisiting Fictional Caltech
Further Tales of the Institute.

Endnotes
What should be on every Caltech senior's bucket list?