Caltech in the News for the week of August 9, 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.
An August 13 San Francisco Chronicle story covered work led by planetary astronomer Michael Brown that found weather on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The findings were covered extensively by other news media, including US News & World Report, Christian Science Monitor, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, and many more.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BAUG197M23.DTL&type=science
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8545
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/space-and-time/2009/08/13/methane-clouds-observed-near-titans-equator-may-explain-presence-of-riverbeds-on-the-surface.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0812/p02s09-usgn.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/53062642.html
An August 12 Science Daily story looked at the creation of a new system for graphically representing biological information and quoted bioengineer Michael Hucka, a coinventor of the system.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811161341.htm
http://www.physorg.com/news169209530.html
http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Biotechnology/Graphical_notation_for_biology/23156/
An August 10 Chemical & Engineering News story featured hydrocarbon research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg and graduate student Fabien Paulot.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i32/8732notw6.html
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/40059
The retirement announcement of Bob O'Rourke led to two stories in the Pasadena Star-News.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_13033258?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13042185
The annual Perseid meteor shower led to a story in the Pasadena Star-News quoting Palomar Observatory's Scott Kardel and astrophysicist Sterl Phinney.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13037992
The July/August issue of Discover magazine includes an interview with bioengineer Erik Winfree, who discusses his work with DNA.
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/11-discover-interview-thanks-evolution-building-material-dna
The decision to locate the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea led to an opinion piece in the August 9 Honolulu Advertiser.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090809/BUSINESS/908090346/New+Mauna+Kea+telescope+a+real+coup
