Caltech in the News for the week of March 1, 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 upcoming story in Forbes Asia highlights a $10 microscope created by bioengineer Changhuei Yang.
http://www.forbes.com/global/2009/0316/020_microscope.html
A March 6 R&D Magazine story highlighted research by economist Peter Bossaerts comparing patents and the free market. TechDirt.com and Ars Technica also covered the work.
http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090306/0159294018.shtml
Two sonic booms were covered by various California newspapers, which quoted USGS seismologist Bob Dollar and Caltech seismologist Kate Hutton.
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_11840107
http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/
http://sealbeachdaily.com/2009/03/04/did-you-feel-the-mystery-shake/
A March 4 PBS online story looked at the origami work of Caltech alum Robert Lang.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june09/origami_03-04.html
On March 3, CNN posted a story on a recent deep-sea diving expedition by geochemist Jess Adkins.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/03/eod.popsci.species/
A March 2 Science Now story highlighted nicotine research led by chemist Dennis Dougherty.
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/302/2
A March 2 Live Science story–also published in Natural History Magazine–covered work at Caltech on a biological computer.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/090302-nhm-cellular-computer.html
On March 1, CBS Sunday Morning ran a story on physicist Ken Libbrecht's work with snowflakes. On March 2, KCBS-TV covered his work as well.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4838269n
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=95074@kcbs.dayport.com
