Caltech in the News for the week of June 21, 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 June 26 Los Angeles Times story mentioned a legal settlement between Sony and Caltech over digital camera technology. Bloomberg News and ZDNet.com also covered the story.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sony-caltech-2009jun26,0,4967037.story
A June 25 Associated Press story covered recent hearings in Hawaii on a proposal to place the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
http://www.wkrg.com/associated_press/article/thirty-meter-telescope-gaining-support/135145/Jun-25-2009_8-36-pm/
A June 24 UPI wire story looked at work by biologist Paul Sternberg and postdoc Allyson Whittaker into the mating rituals of worms. MSNBC, New Scientist and several other outlets also covered their work.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/25/Video-captures-nematodes-mating/UPI-11061245943733/
A June 24 Chemistry Times story highlighted research by chemical engineer Anand Asthagiri into how cells deal with mixed signals. Several other news outlets also covered his work.
http://www.chemistrytimes.com/research/Researchers_explore_how_cells_reconcile_mixed_messages_in_decisions_about_growth.asp
http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=5785
http://www.sciencecodex.com/caltech_researchers_explore_how_cells_reconcile_mixed_messages_in_decisions_about_growth
A June 22 Live Science story reported on the dwarf planet Haumea, discovered by planetary astronomer Michael Brown. http://www.livescience.com/space/090622-mm-kuiper-haumea.html
A June 20 Pasadena Star-News story reported on electrical engineer Robert McEliece receiving the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell award.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_12655929
A June 20 New York Times story looked at fly research by bioengineer Michael Dickinson.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/weekinreview/21reading.html?ref=weekinreview
