Caltech in the News for the week of July 26, 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 July 31 New York Times story looked at work by postdoc Kakani Katija and bioengineer John Dabiri showing how tiny organisms contribute to ocean mixing. Also covering the research were NPR, New Scientist, National Geographic, the BBC, Scientific American, and many other news outlets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04obmixx.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327194.700-ocean-swimmers-stir-the-seas.html
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/96828.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111346982
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090729-jellyfish-ocean-global-warming.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8173384.stm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bio-ocean-mixing
A July 31 Wired news story highlighted fly research by bioengineer Michael Dickinson.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/flysim/
A July 30 story in The National featured work by mechanical engineer Ares Rosakis.
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090731/FRONTIERS/707309952/1036
A July 30 Popular Science story looked at quantum mechanics research by applied physicist Keith Schwab, and physicist Michael Roukes, along with postdoc Matt LaHaye. Seed magazine also covered the research.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/experiment-tries-bridge-classical-physics-and-quantum-mechanics
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/supersizing_quantum_behavior/
A July 29 Glendale News-Press story mentioned work by physicist Wolfgang Fink that garnered an R&D 100 award.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2009/07/30/news/gnp-eye073009.txt
