Caltech in the News for the week of April 12, 2009
Caltech In the News is our weekly review of Caltech faculty, staff and students who have appeared in the news media this past week. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after some time.
The latest issue of Discover magazine includes coverage of a recent symposium held at Caltech discussing the next big questions in astronomy. The story includes an interview, and photographs, with planetary scientist Michael Brown.
The latest issue of TV Guide magazine includes a story and multiple photographs of a visit to Caltech by TV's Big Bang Theory actor, Jim Parsons. Parsons spent an afternoon in the lab of aeronautical engineer Mory Gharib.
An April 16 Los Angeles Times story covered an agreement between Caltech, USC, UCLA, and the City of Los Angeles to create clean technology. Xinhua News and the Daily News also covered the story.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clean-tech16-2009apr16,0,705950.story
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12152559
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/17/content_11196577.htm
An April 16 Pasadena Weekly story looked at earthquake preparedness. The story quoted seismologist Kate Hutton.
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/the_cruelest/7130/
An April 14 Chemical & Engineering News story looking at nanoscale rings quoted chemist Robert Grubbs.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i16/8716notw7.html
An April 13 MarketWatch story looked at work by neuroengineer Pietro Perona and biologist David Anderson using computers to study fruit fly behavior. UPI and Science Daily also covered the story.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145358.htm
A report on potential earthquake damage in Seattle received coverage in the April 13 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The story quoted seismic engineer Tom Heaton. Science Daily and UPI also covered the story.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405039_quake10.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409134743.htm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/
