Caltech in the News for the week of May 3, 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.
A May 7 U.S. News & World Report story reported on the search for gravitational waves and quoted astrophysicist Tom Prince.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/05/07/using-dead-stars
An upcoming Newsweek story looks at the next generation of telescopes, including the Thirty Meter Telescope. The story quotes project scientist Jerry Nelson.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/195698
A May 5 Kansas City Star story covered a talk by physicist Leonard Mlodinow, who discussed his most recent book, The Drunkard's Walk.
http://www.kansascity.com/238/story/1178132.html
A May 5 Science News story on the proposed International Linear Collider quoted physicist Barry Barish.
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/05/chu-pegs-ilc-co.html
A May 4 story on the KABC-TV Channel 7 Web site covered a study led by neuroeconomist Antonio Rangel showing self-control mechanisms within the brain. On May 5, coauthor and postdoctoral scholar Todd Hare was the subject of an interview for the radio podcast, Arming The Donkey. Similar stories appeared in Nursing Times, Medline, and Softpedia.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/health&id=6795605
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Brain
http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/primary-care/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83698.html
