Caltech In the News

Week of November 15, 2009

2009-11-20T11:55:23-08:00

A Nov. 20 Laguna Beach Independent story profiled students participating in the Siemens Competition, which is being held this weekend at Caltech.

http://www.lagunabeachindependent.com/news/2009-11-20/School_%28and%29_Sports/Science_Students_Advance_in_Competition.html

A Nov. 17 Seattle Times story on earthquakes quoted seismic engineer Tom Heaton. A similar story appeared in the Juneau Empire and on KOMO TV.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010284740_megaquake17m.html

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111909/reg_524668669.shtml

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html

The Nov. 17 announcement of Chinese participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope project received significant media attention including stories by the Associated Press and in Wired, the San Francisco Chronicle, and dozens of other news outlets.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/thirty-meter-telescope/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/18/financial/f074304S72.DTL&type=science

A Nov. 16 Pasadena Star-News story covered a recent decision in the case of former student William Cottrell. The Associated Press, UPI wire, New York Times, and dozens of other news outlets also covered the story.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13802006

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdRXQmC7hDBmmw1-A4OGcn3nd45wD9C0T2QO1

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/17/business/AP-US-SUV-Arson.html?_r=1

Forbes magazine has named biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore to its list of the "Seven Most Powerful People in Medicine." Baltimore was also mentioned, along with electrical engineer Axel Scherer, in a Forbes story on the biotech firm Helixis.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/09/nih-health-care-leadership-power-09-medicine_slide_5.html

http://www.forbes.com/global/2009/1130/companies-tiny-helixis-dna-swine-flu-desktop-bug-detector.html

A Nov. 14 Los Angeles Times op-ed looked at the debate over a security policy governing JPL employees.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rutten14-2009nov14,0,5302859.column

NetworkWorld has posted a podcast with high-energy physicist Harvey Newman discussing recent data transfer records.

http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/2009/040609-pan-100G.html

A Physics Today story profiled theoretical physicist Hirosi Ooguri, who was awarded Japan's prestigious Nishina Memorial Prize.

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/wht/2009/11/hirosi-ooguri-wins-nishina-mem.html

Week of November 1, 2009

2009-11-06T14:24:00-08:00

The December issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Caltech as number one on its list of best values in private colleges. This is the fourth straight year that Caltech has held the top spot.

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/best-values-in-private-colleges.html

On Nov. 4, the Pasadena Star-News ran an obituary for mechanical engineer James Knowles. The La Canada Valley Sun ran a similar tribute.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13713662

http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2009/11/05/obituaries/lnws-obits1105.txt

A Nov. 4 Discovery Channel piece profiled planetary astronomer Mike Brown.

http://dsc.discovery.com/space/im/mike-brown-pluto-planet-x-2012.html

A Nov. 2 Chemical & Engineering News story talked about the Welch Award given to chemist Harry Gray during a symposium organized by fellow chemist Peter Dervan.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/87/8744editor.html

A global ranking of universities released Nov. 2 listed Caltech as number six in the world.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/03/world-best-universities-leadership-thought-leaders-jiaotong_slide_21.html

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/11/02/Worlds-top-100-universities-named/UPI-76071257176083/

A Nov. 1 Los Angeles Times story covered a tour of the Cahill Center by the Caltech Associates. The story quoted astrophysicist Andrew Lange and Associates president Elizabeth Tito.

http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-scene1-2009nov01,0,3650492.story

A Nov. 1 Yahoo News story cited work by biologist Paul Patterson using gene therapy to control Huntington's Disease. The story appeared in numerous other publications.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20091101/981/tsc-scientists-using-gene-therapy-to-sta.html

http://www.obbec.com/news/1218-bioresearch/2853-researchers-show-efficacy-of-gene-therapy-in-mouse-models-of-huntingtons-disease

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169441.php

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1778307/caltech_researchers_show_efficacy_of_gene_therapy_in_mouse_models/index.html

The Oct. 31 death of prominent rocket scientist and alumnus, Qian Xue-sen, led to dozens of stories about his time at Caltech. Stories appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Shanghai Daily, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post, among others. Emeritus professor Frank Marble, who knew Qian, did interviews with Hong Kong television, China Daily, Sing Tao Daily, and BBC radio.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-qian-xuesen1-2009nov01,0,2865408.story

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/11/the-daily-goodbye-105.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1935112,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/asia/04qian.html?_r=1

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125721495250424443.html

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091104/article_418363.htm

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/11/the-two-lives-of-qian-xuesen.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/04/content_8908379.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nlxzt#synopsis

The Oct. 30 opening of the new Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology received coverage in the Oct. 31 Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, and San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The Star-News also posted an online slideshow. Also covering the event were Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Magazine, THE Magazine, and Pasadena cable channel 56.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13680203

http://sgvtribune.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=26485749&event=877743&CategoryID=27239

Week of October 25, 2009

2009-10-30T15:15:52-07:00

On Oct. 30, Caltech opened the Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology. Covering the event were the Pasadena Weekly, THE Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and the Pasadena Star-News. On Oct. 25, the Los Angeles Times mentioned the building in a story on the architect and on Oct. 30, the Pasadena Star-News ran a story on the newly formed department to be housed within the Annenberg Center.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-notebook25-2009oct25,0,1336185.story

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13677286

An Oct. 30 New Scientist story on dead stars quoted postdoctoral scholar Eran Ofek.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427324.500-voices-of-longdead-stars-haunt-the-galaxy.html

An Oct. 29 Current Tech story on the potential for robotic systems to one day explore celestial bodies quoted robotic engineer Wolfgang Fink. Similar stories appeared in the London Telegraph, Wired, and Discover magazine.

http://current.com/items/91324023_robot-armies-will-explore-alien-worlds.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6452022/Robot-armies-will-explore-alien-worlds.html

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/robotarmada/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/10/28/robot-army-could-explore-space-researchers-say/

An Oct. 26 PhysOrg.com story looked at work on an optomechanical crystal by applied physicists Oskar Painter and Kerry Vahala, and graduate student Matt Eichenfield. The story also appeared on Slashdot.com.

http://www.physorg.com/news175766229.html

http://slashdot.org/story/09/10/26/1856230/New-Optomechanical-Crystal-Allows-Confinement-of-Light-and-Sound

An Oct. 24 column in the Pasadena Star-News covered a recent Chair's Council meeting in the division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13637082

Week of October 18, 2009

2009-10-23T12:08:20-07:00

An Oct. 22 Science Daily story featured work by applied physicist Sandra Troian and postdoctoral scholar Mathias Dietzel explaining the formation of nanopillars.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022182414.htm

http://www.labspaces.net/100325/Scientists_solve_decade_long_mystery_of_nanopillar_formations

An Oct. 22 Chemistry World story on organometallic compounds covered work by Nobel chemist Robert Grubbs.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/October/22100902.asp

An Oct. 21 CNET News story featured a Caltech-built robot that will help research into artificial retinas. Cited were developers Wolfgang Fink and Mark Tarbell. Stories also ran in EETimes, Gizmag, TMCNet, and R&D Magazine, among others.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378593-1.html

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220900331

http://www.gizmag.com/cyclops-blind-robot/13170/

http://robotics.tmcnet.com/topics/robotics/articles/67141-new-surrogate-robot-help-visually-impaired.htm

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2009/10/Information-Technology-Robot-Surrogate-Created-For-Blind-Persons-In-Testing-Visual-Prostheses/

An Oct. 21 New Scientist story on the theory of general relativity quoted astrophysicist Sean Carroll.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427314.400-rethinking-relativity-is-time-out-of-joint.html

An Oct. 20 Wired magazine story featured research by postdoctoral scholar Moran Cerf, working in the lab of Christof Koch, that showed how individual neurons react to images of celebrities.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/controlling-single-neurons/

http://www.physorg.com/news175417796.html

An Oct. 20 Science Now story looked at work on a hybrid photonic/phononic crystal by applied physicists Oskar Painter and Kerry Vahala, and graduate student Matt Eichenfield. The work was also covered by Nature.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1020/1

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091018/full/news.2009.1013.html

An Oct. 19 Technology Review story on thin-film solar cells looked at recent work by applied physicist Harry Atwater.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23755/?a=f

On Oct. 19 Chemical and Engineering News ran a story on work by geobiologist Victoria Orphan and graduate student Anne Dekas on nitrogen fixing by deep-sea microbes.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i42/8742notw2.html

Week of October 11, 2009

2009-10-16T13:15:52-07:00

An Oct. 16 Pasadena Star-News story covered Caltech's participation in the Southern California ShakeOut drill and quoted outreach coordinator Margaret Vinci and seismologists Kate Hutton and Lucy Jones. Similar stories ran in Xinhua News, KFI AM, and the LA Daily News.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_13571350

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_13573406

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3556221

http://www.kfi640.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=153218&article=6170185

An Oct. 16 Santa Cruz Sentinel story quotes seismic engineer Tom Heaton in a story on quake prediction.

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_13574281

On Oct. 15, the NSF ran a story on work by geobiologist Victoria Orphan and graduate student Anne Dekas on nitrogen fixing by deep-sea microbes. Similar stories ran in Science Daily and PhysOrg.com.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115776&org=NSF&from=news

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091016094047.htm

On Oct. 14, geologist Michael Lamb was interviewed by KABC-TV Channel 7, KNBC-TV Channel 4, and KMEX-TV Channel 34, for stories on potential debris-flows in the recently burned San Gabriel Mountains. On Oct. 13, Lamb appeared in a similar story on the CBS Early Show.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7064047

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5383390n&tag=mg;earlyshow

The Oct. 14 issue of Chemical Biology included a Q&A with chemical engineer Frances Arnold.

http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cb/Volume/2009/11/Evolving_evolution.asp

An Oct. 14 Medill Reports story on the Large Hadron Collider quoted theoretical physicist John Schwarz.

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=142253

An Oct. 13 New York Times story, also about the Large Hadron Collider, quoted astrophysicist Sean Carroll.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html?bl

An Oct. 12 USA Today story on Einstein's theory of general relativity also quoted Carroll.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/10/einsteins-theory-of-general-relativity-may-have-been-flawed.html

An Oct. 12 Nature story on recent protein design research included comments by biologist Stephen Mayo.

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091012/full/news.2009.998.html

Week of October 4, 2009

2009-10-09T12:11:26-07:00

On Oct. 8, CNN en Español interviewed IPAC astronomer Solange Ramirez for a story on NASA's lunar impact project.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/spanish/2009/10/08/WEBastrono.cnn

An Oct. 8 Wall Street Journal story on research into the neuronal basis of thought quoted neuroscientist Christof Koch.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125503611739074321.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

A Los Angeles Times blog covered recent findings about Saturn's moon, Titan, by planetary astronomers Alex Hayes and Oded Aharonson, and graduate student Sonja Graves. Hayes' work also appeared in Universe Today, Scientific American, and USA Today.

http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2009/10/how-windy-is-jupiter-and-other-planteary-questions.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=from-carbon-planets-to-the-lakes-of-2009-10-07

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/06/new-evidence-of-seasonal-change-on-titan/

http://content.usatoday.com/topics/post/tech/68500465.blog/1

The 2009 Times Higher Education rankings have Caltech at number 10 on the list of the world's top universities. The ranking story appeared in several other publications including Insider Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Ed, among others.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=408560&c=1

An Oct. 7 Nature story on plasmonics covered work by applied physicist Harry Atwater.

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091007/full/461720a.html

An Oct. 6 Scientific American article looked at work by Richard Mewaldt into cosmic rays and solar minimums.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cosmic-rays-solar-minimum

AN Oct. 5 U.S. News and World Report story on new estimates of the entropy of the universe quoted cosmologist Sean Carroll.

http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/10/05/new-calculations-suggest-universe-may-be-a-bit-closer-to-heat-death.html

The October issue of Los Angeles Magazine includes several stories on earthquakes, with one citing work by earthquake engineer Swaminathan Krishnan.

http://www.lamag.com/featuredarticle.aspx?id=20532

Week of September 27, 2009

2009-10-05T11:35:25-07:00

An Oct. 1 swarm of earthquakes in Central California received media coverage from outlets including KTLA-TV Channel 5, KBS-TV, KTTV-TV Channel 11, and Channel 18. Quoted were seismologists Sue Hough and Ken Hudnut.

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/watch/

An Oct. 1 article on Bloomberg News quotes geologist Kerry Sieh on the possibility that the recent Sumantran earthquake was a harbinger of a larger tsunami-triggering quake in the region. Among other media outlets covering the story were blogs from Newsweek and The New York Times, and The Australian.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aC_Ig7zpUgSs

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/archive/2009/10/01/two-earthquakes-in-two-days-coincidence-connection-conspiracy.aspx

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/video-of-earthquake-damage-in-indonesia/

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26152319-30417,00.html

Earthquakes in Indonesia, Samoa, and Peru on Sept. 29 and 30 triggered significant media coverage. Geophysicist Mark Simons, geologist Joann Stock, and seismologists Jean Paul Ampuero, Sue Hough, and Morgan Page were featured in stories from KTLA-TV Channel 5, KNBC-TV Channel 4, KTTV-TV Channel 11, CNN, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KABC-TV Channel 7, KMEX-TV, and KNX radio, among others.

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/watch/

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7039934

The Fall issue of Pasadena's Rose magazine includes a cover story on bioengineer John Dabiri and his research into the movement of jellyfish.

http://insidesocal.com/rose/2009/09/thats-genius-caltechs-john-dabiri-tells-us-why-you-should-care-about-a-brainless-boneless-creature.html

An Oct. 1 article on Esquire.com quotes physicist Sean Carroll answering questions about the concept of infinite darkness.

http://www.esquire.com/style/answer-fella/infinite-darkness-1009

Oct. 1 article in the UK's The Register quotes physicist Richard Mewaldt on the level of cosmic rays hitting a 50-year high. A similar story appeared on PhysOrg.com.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/01/cosmic_ray_high/

http://www.physorg.com/news173445919.html

An Oct. 1 article on the website The Golden Scribe describes the history of bulk metallic glass, discusses the contributions of materials scientist William Johnson and others, and points out that Caltech "is known to be one of the leaders in developing this technology."

http://www.golden-scribe.com/2054/what-is-bulk-metallic-glass-6/

A Sept. 30 ESPN story notes that Caltech professors are part of a group of economists arguing against granting the National Football League antitrust immunity.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=munson_lester&id=4518368

A Sept. 28 New York Times article on the hidden structures of water flow in Monterey Bay quotes applied mathematician Jerrold Marsden.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/science/29chaos.html?_r=1

A Sept. 28 UPI story notes that Caltech is among 13 universities receiving a U.S. Geological Survey ARRA grant to upgrade earthquake monitoring networks.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/09/28/USGS-grants-to-boost-earthquake-monitoring/UPI-27141254163255/

A Sept. 28 story on Thaindian News featured work by environmental scientist Tapio Schneider on how global warming may affect future rainstorms. The story was also carried on Sindh Today and India Server, among others.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/global-warming-may-lead-to-heavier-rainstorms-in-future_100253281.html

http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/54924.htm

http://www.india-server.com/news/global-warming-may-trigger-more-floods-13056.html

In a Sept. 27 op-ed in the Boston Globe, chemistry Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail talks about Egypt's response to President Obama's June 2009 speech at the University of Cairo.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/27/obamas_challenge_an_islamic_renaissance/

Week of September 20, 2009

2009-10-05T12:07:06-07:00

A Sept. 24 Science Daily story looked at work done by biologist Grant
Jensen and postdoc Ariane Briegel on the architecture of chemoreceptors in
bacterial cells.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090924153642.htm

On Sept. 24, Sacramento's News 10 Good Morning mentioned Caltech's ranking
as one of the best values among U.S. universities.

http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=949&DateTime=9%2F24%2F2009+5%3A34%3A59+AM&Term=California+Institute+of+Technology&PlayClip=TRUE

A Sept. 24 India Journal article reported on former President of India
Abdul Kalam and Yannick d'Escatha, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales being named as the recipients
of GALCIT's International von Kármán Wings Award.

http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=8466

A Sept. 23 article in the Daily Pennsylvanian looked at neuroscientist
Richard Andersen's work on cognitive neural prosthetics.

http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/09/23/News/Caltech.Prof.Discusses.Cognitive.Neural.Prosthetics-3779704.shtml

On Sept. 23, an MSNBC story looking at the prospect of moon ice mentioned
the 1961 work of Bruce Murray, Kenneth Watson and Harrison Brown on ice in
polar lunar craters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32987896/ns/technology_and_science-space/

A Sept. 23 article on monitoring and predicting extraterrestrial weather
quotes planetary scientist Greg Lawson on the importance of environmental
information.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1757965/monitoring_and_predicting_extraterrestrial_weather/

An upcoming lecture by chemistry Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail is noted in a
Sept. 22 article in the Racine News.

http://racinenews.org/2009/09/23/nobel-prize-winning-chemist-to-give-bernstein-lectures/

On Sept. 22, the awarding of the National Medal of Science to Caltech
alumni Berni Alder and James Gunn was mentioned on the websites
FreeCollege and SoCal Minds.

http://freecollege.com/2009/09/22/two-caltech-alums-awarded-national-medal-of-science/

http://www.socalminds.com/2009/09/2-alums-win-national-medal-of-science-honors.html

A Sept. 21 New York Times article features Caltech alum Carolyn Porco and
her work with Cassini, and also quotes astronomer Peter Goldreich.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/space/22prof.html?hpw

A Sept. 21 article on ArtDaily describes the appointment of Caltech
alumnus France A. Córdova to the Smithsonian's Board of Regents.

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=33449

A Sept. 21 article on xconomy.com discusses a start-up biotech company
founded by Caltech alum Leroy Hood and chemist Jim Heath. The company was
also discussed on TechFlash and other outlets.

http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/21/lee-hoods-big-new-idea-integrative-diagnostics-for-early-cancer-detection-raises-7-5m/

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/leroy_hoods_integrative_diagnostics_raises_cash.html

Week of September 13, 2009

2009-09-18T12:32:34-07:00

A Sept. 18 story on KTLA-TV Channel 5 featured the Palomar Observatory and included an interview with the facility's Scott Kardel.

A Sept. 17 US News & World Report story about new images from the Hubble Space Telescope quoted astronomer Richard Ellis, who was also quoted in a Wired magazine story.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/09/17/revamped-hubble-identifies-furthest-galaxies.html

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/hubbledeepfield/

A Sept. 16 US News & World Report story on monkeys achieving color vision quoted neuroscientist Melissa Saenz. Saenz was also quoted in a Science News story.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/09/16/monkeys-obtain-full-color-vision-with-gene-therapy.html

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47396/title/Monkeys_get_full_color_vision

A Sept. 16 New York Times story on biotech businesses cited Caltech's recent involvement with one company.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/smallbusiness/17edge.html?hpw

The Sept. 15 issue of Science included an interview with Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Murray Gell-Mann.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/47280/title/Interview_Murray_Gell-Mann

A Sept. 15 National Geographic story on lightning on Saturn quoted planetary scientist Andrew Ingersoll.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090915-saturn-lightning-storms.html

A Sept. 15 Scientific American story quoted geobiologist Woodward Fischer on the history of oceans.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=oxygen-photosynthesis-nitrogen

The awarding of the International von Kármán Wings Award Sept. 15 led to news coverage in Physorg.com, First Science, Media Newswire, as well as a mention in the India Journal.

http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/14496727/2-international-leaders-receive-caltech-aerospace-award.html

http://media-newswire.com/release_1098870.html

http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/space-and-planetary-science/2-international-leaders-receive-caltech-aerospace-award_70583.html

A Sept. 14 podcast on EarthSky looked at work by chemist Harry Gray.

http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/energy/harry-grays-solar-fuel-cells-will-create-fuel-from-sunlight

A Sept. 14 US News & World Report story featured work led by neuroeconomist Antonio Rangel and graduate student Ian Krajbich showing how the use of brain scans may help solve a classic economic problem. Medgadget.com also covered the story, as did a radio program by the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/09/14/caltech-scientists-develop-novel-use-of-neurotechnology-to-solve-classic-social-problem.html

http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/09/neuroeconomics_a_new_scientific_field_with_strange_social_implications.html

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20090912/

A Sept. 13 story in the Toronto Star looked at the future of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/694951

The recent issue of Discover magazine includes a story on Stephen Hawking and quotes theoretical physicists Kip Thorne and John Preskill.

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/11-stephen-hawking-is-making-his-comeback/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=

Week of September 6, 2009

2009-09-11T11:10:23-07:00

A Sept. 11 Los Angeles Times story reported on new developments in the arson case against former graduate student William Cottrell. LA Weekly, Associated Press, KPCC-FM, and the Pasadena Star-News were among many others that covered the story.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-suv-bomber11-2009sep11,0,3824113.story

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/09/10/court-says-judge-should-have-allowed-aspergers-def/

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/hummer-burners-conviction-over/

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13313686

A Sept. 11 Popular Science story looked at research led by neuroeconomist Antonio Rangel and graduate student Ian Krajbich showing how the use of brain scans may help solve a classic economic problem. Stories also appeared in Science Daily, Reason, and several other publications.

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/cal-tech-scientists-solve-social-problems-mris

http://reason.com/blog/show/136022.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090910142358.htm

http://io9.com/5356920/economists-suggest-mind+reading-as-a-way-to-determine-public-good

A Sept. 10 story on Symmetry Magazine online featured a music video about LIGO created by several summer program students.

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/09/10/forget-it-rhonda-help-help-me-einstein/

A Sept. 9 Chemistry World article featured research by Nobel chemist Robert Grubbs.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/September/09090902.asp

A Discover Magazine story online this week covered work by bioengineer Michael Dickinson and his use of robotic flies.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/09/building-a-better-housefly%E2%80%94or-at-least-a-better-flying-microrobot/

The current CBS TV reality show Big Brother included Caltech postdoc Michelle Noonan, who was voted off the show this week. Of the original 13 contestants, she made it to the final four.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/09/big-brother-interview-with-evicted-house-guest-michele.html

Last weekend's Disneyland half-marathon women's race was won by graduate student Mandy Grantz and was covered by KTTV-TV Channel 11.

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Disneyland_Race_20090906

Week of August 30, 2009

2009-09-04T11:51:55-07:00

A Sept. 4 Technology Review story looked at the affect of water vapor on climate change and cited recent work by environmental scientist Tapio Schneider.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24079/

On Sept. 3, Time magazine ran a story on research by postdoc Dan Kennedy and neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs identifying the part of the brain that controls our sense of personal space. The research received significant news coverage including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Science Now, WINS-AM radio New York, KNSD-TV Channel 7 San Diego, the Hong Kong Herald, Italy's La Stampa, Germany's Stern and Spain's El Pais, among others.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1919910,00.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/08/personal-space.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/09/02/brain-scans-for-close-talkers/

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/831/3

http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/537330/cs/1/

http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/scienza/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=38&ID_articolo=1409&ID_sezione=243&sezione=News

http://www.stern.de/wissen/mensch/muskeltest/hirnforschung-wie-menschen-die-richtige-distanz-wahren-1506488.html

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/cerebro/mide/espacio/personal/elpepusoc/20090901elpepusoc_10/Tes

A Sept. 1 New York Times story on nanotechnology included work by bioengineer Paul Rothemund.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01trans.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=rothemund&st=cse

A Sept. 1 story on KTLA-TV Channel 5 included an interview with geologist Brian Wernicke on how the formation of the San Gabriel Mountains makes firefighting there so difficult.

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=1c00c787-5092-40cb-bb9e-1892d67ba067&src=fron

An Aug. 30 Los Angeles Times story focused on the reclassification of Pluto and how planetary astronomer Michael Brown came up with the names for several dwarf planets.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-story30-2009aug30,0,119739.story

An Aug. 29 Los Angeles Times story covered solar research by applied physicist Harry Atwater.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-solar29-2009aug29,0,4778538.story

Week of August 23, 2009

2009-08-28T10:15:23-07:00

The latest issue of Chemistry World magazine includes a discussion with chemist Robert Grubbs on life as a Nobel laureate.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2009/September/LivingtheNobellife.asp

The most recent issue of Technology Review magazine looks at quantum optics research by physicist Jeff Kimble.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23198/page1/

A trip to China by President Jean-Lou Chameau led to several stories in Reuters, ABC News.com, Xinhua News, China Daily News, and several other news outlets.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=8435310

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/27/content_11955077.htm

On August 28, Scientist Live ran a story and podcast with graduate student Heather Agnew, whose work with chemist Jim Heath led to the creation of an alternative to antibodies.

http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Food-Scientist/Q&A/SLAM:_Stable_antibody_surrogates/23217/

The August 27 Palisadian-Post mentioned Elizabeth Tito's new position as president of the Associates of Caltech.

http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=5101

On August 27, Astronomy.com included a story by astronomer Lynne Hillenbrand on the opening of the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.

http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astronomy/2009/08/27/tour-caltech-s-new-home-for-astronomy-and-astrophysics.aspx

An August 26 Scientific American story looked at recent data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and quoted astrophysicist Marc Kamionkowski. Discover Magazine also covered the story.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gravitational-wave-ligo

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/gravity-wave-hunters-find-nothing%E2%80%94and-make-a-big-discovery/

The August 25 Christian Science Monitor looked at the state of the Internet and quoted electrical engineer John Doyle.

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/25/when-the-internet-breaks-who-ya-gonna-call/

An August 25 story on Space Fellowship.com covered work at the South Pole by research scientist Anna Moore.

http://spacefellowship.com/2009/08/25/camera-at-south-pole-to-determine-if-its-night-sky-is-ideal-for-new-telescope/

The German news outlet Deutsche Welle recently ran a story on a scientific organization that meets solely in the online virtual world of Second Life. The story quoted astrophysicist George Djorgovski.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4562388,00.html

Week of August 16, 2009

2009-08-21T11:38:11-07:00

This week's release of US News & World Reports' annual America's Best Colleges list received significant media coverage. Caltech ranked #4 this year, up from #6 last year. Stories appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KABC-TV Channel 7, and dozens of other media outlets. Undergraduate admissions director Rick Bischoff did interviews with US News, KFWB-AM radio, the Pasadena Star-News and Chinese Daily News.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_13171765

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-college-rankings-0819-aug20,0,2999881.story

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/harvard-and-princeton-top-the-us-news-college-rankings.html

An August 19 USA Today story looked at recent data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and quoted astrophysicist Marc Kamionkowski. Sky and Telescope, Space.com, UPI wire, and several European news outlets also covered the research.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/08/mirrors-two-miles-apart-measure-microscopic-movements.html

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/53700557.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090819-gravitational-waves.html

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/08/20/Energy-density-of-gravity-waves-estimated/UPI-65341250797431/

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/sciences/20090819.SCI7028/premiers_pas_importants_pour_reussir_a_detecter_les_ond.html

An August 19 UPI story covered work by biologist Kai Zinn and postdoctoral scholar Bader Al-Anzi that identified the neurons associated with fruit fly obesity. Scientist Live and Science Daily also covered the work.

http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/102430.html

http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Biotechnology/Neurons_that_control_obesity_in_fruit_flies/23186/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090818130601.htm

On August 18, the History Channel ran an episode of The Universe: The Outer Planets, with planetary astronomer Michael Brown. On August 15, a Los Angeles Times story covered work led by Brown showing weather on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Cosmos Magazine also recently covered the discovery.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-titan15-2009aug15,0,7994392.story

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2939/weird-storms-rain-titans-tropics

An August 17 Scientific American story looked at work by bioengineer Paul Rothemund that uses DNA scaffolds to help IBM create new microcircuits. Physics World, Science Daily, and many other news outlets also covered the research.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40171

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=ibm-and-caltech-experiment-with-dna-2009-08-17

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090818130626.htm

Week of August 9, 2009

2009-08-14T11:16:07-07:00

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

Week of August 2, 2009

2009-08-07T12:55:47-07:00

An August 4 PhysOrg.com story looked at scientific meetings taking place in virtual worlds such as Second Life. The story quoted astronomer George Djorgovski.
http://www.physorg.com/news168608901.html

On August 6, Forbes magazine published a list of America's Best Colleges. Caltech was ranked #3 this year behind Princeton and West Point. The story was covered by dozens of other media outlets, including the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, New York Times, and others.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jF0awt_qsddDrnbIubj5CjAOIXoQD99TH4900
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=8268745&page=1
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/westpoint/?apage=2

An August 6 ScienceNews story featured hydrocarbon research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg and graduate student Fabien Paulot.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46200/title/A_source_of_haze
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/August/06080902.asp
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141518.htm

An August 6 story in Product Design and Development highlighted robotic simulation work by bioengineer Michael Dickinson.
http://www.pddnet.com/news-robotics-roboflies-outperform-the-real-thing-080709/

On August 5, Time magazine covered research by bioengineer John Dabiri and graduate student Kakani Katija showing how jellyfish and similar animals can affect ocean mixing. The work was also covered by the Epoch Times, Environmental Research, and EcoWorldly, among others.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1914547,00.html
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20441/
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/40004
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/03/is-gaia-geo-engineering-with-jellyfish-to-slow-climate-change/

An August 5 Pasadena Star-News story mentioned a recent $1 million gift to Caltech from alumnus S.L. Huang and his wife, Betty. The Chinese Daily News and City News Service also covered the gift.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12998436

An August 3 earthquake in the Gulf of California led to multiple stories quoting seismologists Joann Stock and Morgan Page, including by the Associated Press, Seattle Press-Intelligencer, KABC-TV Channel 7, and KNBC-TV Channel 4.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ca_mexico_quake_us.html
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12991949
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=6945974

An August 3 Discovery News story looked at research by evolutionary biology post doc Rob Eagle showing a link between shark teeth and ocean temperature.
http://blogs.discovery.com/news_sustainable/2009/08/shark_teeth.html

Week of July 26, 2009

2009-08-03T13:38:29-07:00

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

Week of July 19, 2009

2009-07-24T13:50:30-07:00

A July 24 NPR "Talk of the Nation" story included an interview with neuroeconomist Colin Camerer on the process of decision-making.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106974476

A July 24 Popular Science story highlighted a nanoscale mass spectrometer created by physicist Michael Roukes. Several other news outlets also covered the research.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/first-ever-nanoscale-mass-spectrometer
http://www.separationsnow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=21973&type=Feature&chId=7&page=1
http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Nanoscale-Mass-Spectrometer-Created-117380.shtml

A July 24 Fox News story on a black hole at the center of a galaxy quotes Spitzer Science Center's George Helou.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534739,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5899913/Nasa-finds-monster-black-hole-sucking-up-gas-dust-and-stars-at-centre-of-galaxy.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1201829/Glorious-galaxy-eye-spiralling-spokes-seen-50-million-light-years-away-Spitzer.html

A July 23 Discovery Channel story looked at research by postdoctoral environmental science student Debra Wunch into the amount of methane in the air above Los Angeles.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/23/methane-los-angeles.html

A July 21 decision to place the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea led to dozens of stories, including in the New York Times, Associated Press, Honolulu Advertiser, Wired magazine, and many more.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijevST0V5N8WapyEYsQABJ0IPtWQD99J6QE00
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/21/us/AP-US-Giant-Telescope.html?_r=1
http://www.valparaisotimes.cl/content/view/572/1/
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/07/23/volcano-says-aloha-to-worlds-largest-telescope/
http://chronicle.com/article/University-Consortium-Picks/47428/
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090722/NEWS01/907220344/Mauna+Kea+selected+for+world+s+largest+telescope
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090722_Telescope_an_astronomical_prize.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/thirtymetertelescope/
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8141740

On July 20, JPL, Caltech and the city of Los Angeles signed an agreement to promote green technologies. The story was covered by the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, and Xinhua News, among others.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jpl21-2009jul21,0,7418026.story
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12877406
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/21/content_11741541.htm

A July 20 Science Daily story looked at work by biologist Michael Elowitz into how some evolutionary changes are made.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720163716.htm

Week of July 17, 2009

2009-07-17T12:29:59-07:00

A July 17 New Scientist story looked at methane research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17479-mystery-methane-belched-out-by-megacities.html

A July 17 front-page Pasadena Star-News story noted that three Caltech and one JPL researcher received Presidential Early Career awards. Awardees were John Dabiri, Beverly McKeon, Joel Tropp and JPL's Josh Willis. The story also ran in the Whittier Daily News and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12852773

A July 17 Science Daily story covered stromatolite research by astrobiologist Abigail Allwood and geologist John Grotzinger.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm
http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=61041307295

A July 16 Pasadena Weekly story highlighted work by The Einstein Papers Project and quoted director Diana Buchwald and historical researcher Ze'ev Rosenkranz.
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/dear_albert/7489/

A July 16 New York Times story looked at nanotechnology work by chemists Robert Grubbs and Rachid Yazami.
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/californias-glimmer-of-hope-nanotechnology/

A July 15 TechFlash story reported that Microsoft has made available old video lectures by Richard Feynman.
http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/50845657.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/15/microsoft_feynman_lectures/

A July 14 Wall Street Journal story on an artificial brain quoted neurobiologist Christof Koch.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124751881557234725.html

A July 13 Chemical & Engineering News story looked at electron energy loss spectroscopy work led by chemistry Nobel Laureate Ahmed H. Zewail.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i28/8728notw8.html

Week of July 5, 2009

2009-07-10T10:55:58-07:00

On July 10, PhysOrg.com covered research by chemical engineer Jim Heath on the development of an antibody surrogate. Also covering the story were Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Laboratory Equipment.com, First Science, and many others.
http://www.physorg.com/news166361266.html
http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=57909879
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-antibody-surrogates-medical-diagnostics-071009.aspx?xmlmenuid=51

On July 8 the Los Angeles Times ran an obituary for Caltech's Hans Liepmann. Also covering his passing were Pasadena Now and the La Cañada Valley Sun.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings9-2009jul09,0,2887228.story
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/07/06/caltech-professor-passes-away
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2009/07/06/obituaries/doc4a5248e3dd796897250194.txt

Caltech trustee Robert McNamara, who served on Caltech's board for forty years, passed away on July 6. His obituary was carried by hundreds of newspapers including The Telegraph of London.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760914/Robert-McNamara.html

A July 6 story in The Scientist looked at work by postdoc Avigdor Eldar and biologist Michael Elowitz into how developmental "noise" affects the evolution of bacterial spore formation.
http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55812/

A July 9 Aiken Standard story profiled incoming Caltech freshman Rachel Moore.
http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0709-rachel-moore

On July 9, Examiner.com reviewed the new movie, "The Philosopher Kings," which includes a segment on Caltech custodian Luis Cardenas.
http://www.examiner.com/x-10191-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Review-The-Philosopher-Kings-documentary-custodial-staff

The summer issue of Small Times magazine includes a story on nanoelectronic work by bioengineer Michael Roukes.
http://www.smalltimes.com/display_article/365940/109/ARTCL/none/none/1/Emerging-commercial-applications-of-nano-electronics/

On July 8, a story on an egg catapult contest by Young Engineering and Science Scholars appeared in the Foothills Weekly chain of newspapers.
http://pasadenaindependent.com/2009/07/all-in-the-name-of-science-caltech-summer-scholars-catapult-raw-eggs-into-the-sky/

Week of June 27, 2009

2009-07-06T16:30:26-07:00

A July 1 Newsweek article highlighted the latest publication from the Einstein Papers Project, and quotes project director Diana Buchwald.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/204892

A July 1 Pasadena Star-News story discusses a $2 million endowment given to Caltech by Caltech Trustee Kent Kresa and his wife. Pasadena Now and Media Newswire also covered the gift.
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/07/01/caltech-receives-new-endowment
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12735517

A July 1 Associated Press story article covered the selection of postdoctoral scholar Michelle Noonan for the upcoming CBS TV reality show, "Big Brother," which begins airing July 9. The Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now, and many other publications also covered the story.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iJDAZaQPmklyAvG6xSfNfNuRENBgD995RRNG0
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/07/03/caltech-neuroscientist-joins-cast-of-reality-tv-show

A July 1 Pasadena Star-News article covered an egg catapult contest by high school students participating in the Young Engineering and Science Scholars program. Also covering the story were Sing Tao Daily, KNBC-TV Channel 4, and KABC-TV Channel 7.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12735785
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6894609
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/07/01/high-school-scholars-craft-catapults-at-caltech

Week of June 21, 2009

2009-06-26T14:35:28-07:00

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

Week of June 14, 2009

2009-06-19T10:34:17-07:00

A June 18 Popular Science story looked at the work of bioengineer Michael Dickinson into the flight of maple seeds. Similar stories appeared in several other publications.
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-06/inspired-spinning-maple-seeds-tested-robofly
http://blog.syracuse.com/green/2009/06/how_maple_seeds_like_hummingbi.html

A June 17 BBC news story on President Obama swatting a fly also mentioned work by Dickinson. Similar stories ran on the Discovery website and in the Guardian newspaper.
http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/2009/06/obama-fly-swat-reveals-presidents-impressive-reflexes.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8105232.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jun/17/barack-obama-swats-fly

A June 17 Hawaii Tribune-Herald story covered a public hearing over the proposal to locate the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. Quoted in the story was astronomer Anneila Sargent.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2009/06/17/local_news/local03.txt

A June 16 Los Angeles Times story mentioned a recent $30 million gift to Caltech for the creation of the Resnick Sustainability Institute. The Pasadena Star-News and Chronicle of Philanthropy also covered the gift.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/caltech-to-launch-sustainability-program.html
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12602599
http://philanthropy.com/news/philanthropytoday/8590/resnicks-give-20-million-for-sustainability-center-at-caltech

A June 16 Scientific American podcast looked at a study led by geobiologist Joseph Kirschvink suggesting an extension of life on Earth. Universe Today also covered the story.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=earths-fried-far-future-postponed-09-06-16
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/15/life-on-earth-and-other-worlds-could-last-longer-than-expected/

A June 16 SoftPedia.com story covered research by graduate student Michael Winterrose and materials scientist Brent Fultz using high-pressure "alchemy" to create a nonexpanding metal. R&D Magazine and News Post.com also covered the research.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Caltech-Experts-Create-Non-Expanding-Metals-114343.shtml
http://www.newspostonline.com/science/scientists-create-nonexpanding-metal-using-high-pressure-2009061959862
http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000101&ISSUE=0906&RELTYPE=MS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=KF&CommonCount=0

A June 16 story on the ANI News service highlighted research from Palomar Observatory using cameras, a telescope, and high-performance networking to create a unique sky survey. The story also appeared in PhysOrg.com, New Kerala.com, and several other publications.
http://www.physorg.com/news164296174.html
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-56836.html

Week of June 7, 2009

2009-06-15T14:13:57-07:00

A June 13 Los Angeles Times story profiled Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-morrisonchameau13-2009jun13,0,3230979.story

The June 12 commencement speech by Dept. of Energy Secretary Steven Chu was covered by several media outlets. Also attracting attention was the announcement of a $20 million gift by Stewart and Lynda Resnick. Outlets covering the events included the Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Now, KPCC-FM, KSCI-TV Channel 18, China Daily News, Sing Tao Daily, and the Epoch Times.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12582265
http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/06/12/federal-energy-secretary-steven-chu-caltechs-main-/
http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=84115803.3353085.1794338.4764165.5037151.507&aID2=138017
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/06/12/us-secretary-of-energy-speaks-at-caltech-commencement

A June 11 New York Times story highlighted work by bioengineer Michael Dickinson on how maple seeds spin to the ground. Also covering the research were MSNBC, InventorSpot.com, and Science News, among others.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16obseed.html?hpw
http://inventorspot.com/articles/what_can_maple_seed_teach_helicopter_about_flying_28995
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31261336/
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44614/title/How_maple_fruits_fall

A June 10 presentation by planetary scientist Mike Brown at the American Astronomical Society meeting was covered by MSNBC.com.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/10/1959870.aspx

A Chicago Tribune photo essay on time travel included analysis by astrophysicist Sean Carroll.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-090608-time-travel-pg,0,4137045.photogallery

Week of May 31, 2009

2009-06-05T11:50:26-07:00

On June 4, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving JPL and Caltech employees was covered by the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Pasadena Star-News and others.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jpl5-2009jun05,0,1503697.story
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12525061
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/06/nasa_background_checks_court_f.html

A June 5 Wall Street Journal story looked at research on DNA folding by bioengineers Paul Rothemund and Erik Winfree.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124413997181485425.html

A June 4 People's Daily story on China's newest telescope quoted astronomer Richard Ellis. The story was also carried in the Beijing Review and Xinhua News.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6672009.html
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/science/txt/2009-06/05/content_199300.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/04/content_11487867.htm

A June 4 Science Daily story covered the development of a "nanoscale zipper cavity" by applied physicist Oskar Painter. Also covering the research was Scientist Live, Nanotechnology News and Photonics Online.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144338.htm
http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Nanotechnology/Nanoscale_zipper_cavity/22562/
http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Nanoscale-Zipper-Cavity-Responds-To-Single-Ph-0001

A June 3 Nature story highlighted the creation of a miniature microscope by electrical engineer Changhuei Yang.
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459632a.html

A June 2 USA Today story listed Caltech as a national leader in environmental and alternative energy research.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-06-01-alternative-energy_N.htm

A June 1 Wired magazine story highlighted work by environmental science graduate student King Fai Li showing a billion-year extension in the survival of life on Earth. Science Now, The Examiner, and other news outlets also covered the research.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/earth-gets-a-billion-year-life-extension/
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/601/1
http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Lowering-atmospheric-pressure-to-save-the-future

Week of May 24, 2009

2009-05-29T13:17:38-07:00

The latest issue of Air and Space magazine includes a story on the Kuiper Belt and quotes planetary astronomer Michael Brown.
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are.html

The May 28 South Pasadena Review included a story on faculty who live in the community, including Alan Weinstein, Harry Atwater, Robert Grubbs, Joseph Kirschvink, Jim Heath, and Henry Lester, among others.

A May 27 New York Times story covered Sir Richard Branson’s proposed Virgin Galactic venture, which will offer space flight to the public. Chemist Frances Arnold was quoted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/27/27greenwire-bransons-company-promises-trip-of-a-lifetime-t-34978.html

Ditch Day on May 27th was covered by several news outlets including KABC-TV Channel 7, the Pasadena Star-News, and KTLA-TV Channel 5.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6835409
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12463804
http://sgvtribune.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=764596&CategoryID=33028&ListSubAlbums=0

A May 25 KTLA-TV Channel 5 segment of “Kurt the Cyberguy” included an interview with astronomer George Djorgovski discussing a new application that allows one to stargaze using a cellular phone.
http://www.ktla.com/news/cyberguy/stv-cyberguy-052509,0,2869751.story

A May 24 Honolulu Star-Bulletin story covered the submission of a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope site on Mauna Kea, one of two possible locations for the telescope. Similar stories ran in other local publications and the Associated Press.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/newswatch/20090524_newswatch.html?page=2&c=y
http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=18023

Week of May 17, 2009

2009-05-22T12:22:15-07:00

The June issue of Smithsonian magazine includes a look at work by neurobiologist John Allman on elephant brain cells.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/44733342.html

A May 22 Canadian News Service story examined energy issues and quoted chemist Nate Lewis.
http://www.canada.com/Energy+Needs+Getting+From+Here+There/1619891/story.html

A May 21 UPI wire story covered research by biologist David Anderson on pain receptors. Medical News Today as well as several other publications also covered the story.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/21/Study-explores-the-bodys-pain-reactions/UPI-90011242921739/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150806.php

A May 20 New York Times story covered the confirmation of former Caltech provost Steve Koonin to a post at the Department of Energy.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/20/20greenwire-senate-confirms-3-nominees-for-doe-1-for-inter-19116.html

A May 20 Chemical & Engineering News story covered chemist Harry Gray's receipt of the Welch Award in Chemistry.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i21/8721news3.html

A May 19 quake measuring 4.0 received significant media coverage, including the Los Angeles Times, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KNBC-TV Channel 4, KABC-TV Channel 7, KTLA-TV Channel 5, KTTV-TV Channel 11, KFWB-AM, KNX-AM and NPR radio, among others. Quoted were seismologists Egill Hauksson, Lucy Jones, Bob Dollar, Pablo Ampuero, Morgan Page, Ken Hudnut, Susan Hough, Tom Heaton, and structural engineer Swami Krishnan.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/40-earthquake-hits-south-bay-.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/19/Light-quake-hits-Los-Angeles/UPI-23021242780690/
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Latest_Quake_Highlights_Seismic_Danger_20090518

A 4.7 magnitude quake on May 17 was covered extensively by local and national media including KABC-TV, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and many others.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6818295
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/18/4-7-quake-shakes-s-california/

The May 18 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal noted that Peter Hero has become the new vice president for development and alumni relations at Caltech.

A May 17 Pasadena Star-News story profiled the work of structural engineer Swami Krishnan. The story also appeared in the Whittier Daily News.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12390405

Week of May 10, 2009

2009-05-15T12:58:11-07:00

The launch of the Herschel and Planck space missions-–both of which have Caltech-led elements–was covered extensively by news media including the UPI, iTWire.com, and SpaceflightNow, among others.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/13/Herschel-Planck-ready-for-Thursday-launch/UPI-19381242233908/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v188/herschel.html
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25051/1066/

On May 13, CBS Radio's 'The Osgood Files' covered research by neuroeconomist Antonio Rangel, behavioral economist Colin Camerer, and postdoctoral scholar Todd Hare on decision-making areas in the brain. Fox News and Live Science also covered the story.
http://fetch.noxsolutions.com/ww1/mp3/osgood_05132009_925.mp3
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519928,00.html

The announcement of a new DOE-funded Energy Frontier Research Center led by materials scientist Harry Atwater was covered in Nanowerk and Pasadena Now, among other news outlets.
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=10626.php
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/05/14/us-department-of-energy-to-fund-research-center-at-caltech/

A May 12 Los Angeles Times story on local elections quoted political scientist Michael Alvarez.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cong-ethnic13-2009may13,0,1373999.story

A May 12 Chemical Science story looked at work by chemist Nate Lewis using inkjet printers to create photoelectrodes.
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/06/Printing_solution.asp

A May 11 PhysOrg.com story covered jellyfish research by bioengineer John Dabiri. The National Science Foundation news site also recently covered his work.
http://www.physorg.com/news161277344.html
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114748&org=NSF&from=news

A May 10 story on Universe Today covered the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. A similar story appeared in the May issue of Ka Wai Ola Loa magazine. Astrophysicists Tom Phillips and Tom Soifer were quoted.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/05/10/caltech-observatory-dismantled-so-others-can-rise/
http://www.oha.org/kwo/loa/2009/05/story04.php

Discover Magazine has posted videos from a January event at Caltech involving the NSF and Thirty Meter Telescope. Planetary astronomer Mike Brown appears in several segments.
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/10-frontiers-of-astronomy

Week of May 3, 2009

2009-05-08T12:03:45-07:00

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

Week of April 26, 2009

2009-05-04T11:35:38-07:00

A May 1 Hawaii Tribune-Herald story covered the decommissioning announcement for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). Making the announcement were astrophysicists Tom Phillips and Tom Soifer. The Associated Press, KITV-TV, KGMB-TV and several other outlets covered the decision.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2009/05/01/local_news/local01.txt
http://www.kitv.com/news/19353392/detail.html

A May 1 Forbes online story covered research led by Antonio Rangel showing differences in the brains of people who are able to exercise self-control versus those who can't. Science Now, ABC News Chicago, Xinhua News, the Daily Mail, and Canadian Broadcasting, among others, also covered the work.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/05/01/hscout626603.html
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/501/3
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=6791708
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/03/content_11301835.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1175790/
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/30/blamethebrain.html

The May 1 issue of The Chronicle Review included a look at the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The story was accompanied by a slide show.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i34/34b01701.htm
http://chronicle.com/media/flash/v55/i34/caltech/

An earthquake on May 1 led to local news crews converging on Caltech's Seismo lab with seismologist Egill Hauksson being interviewed by several stations.
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=101529@kcbs.dayport.com
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Magnitude-44-Earthquake-Shakes.html

An April 30 story in Variety magazine looked at the popularity of filming on Caltech's campus and quoted campus filming director Denise Nelson-Nash.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003054.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

On April 27, President Obama named chemist Ahmed Zewail to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The Pasadena Star-News, Contra Costa Times, and Chronicle of Higher Ed were but a few of the publications covering the announcement.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12237792
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6385/

Week of April 19, 2009

2009-04-24T13:53:12-07:00

An April 24 Nature story covered the Senate confirmation hearing of former provost Steven Koonin for Undersecretary for Science.
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090424/full/news.2009.399.html

The May issue of BioMass magazine includes a story on chemist Frances Arnold's development of highly efficient enzymes to break down cellulose–an important step towards lesser-expensive biofuels.
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2611

A series of small earthquakes near Yorba Linda led to media interviews with seismologists Kate Hutton, Lucy Jones and Benjamin Wu. Stories appeared on KNX-AM radio, the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and KTLA-TV Channel 5, among others.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-earthquakes24-2009apr24,0,7483851.story
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/

The latest issue of US News & World Report includes rankings for U.S. graduate schools. Caltech ranked number one in aeronautical engineering, chemistry, Earth sciences, geochemistry, geophysics and seismology, cosmology, and elementary particles/fields/string theory. Many other Institute programs also placed highly. The Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now, and other publications covered the results.
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools
http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/04/24/caltech-ranks-high-among-best-grad-schools/
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12211812

An April story in Vision Systems Design looks at the use of computers to track the movements of flies. Neuroengineer Pietro Perona and biologist David Anderson led that project.
http://www.vision-systems.com/

On April 22, astrophysicist Sean Carroll was interviewed for the upcoming DVD release of the TV series, Lost.

An April 22 Science Daily story looked at work by Pamela Bjorkman looking at the efficacy of anti-HIV antibodies. The story–appearing in several other publications–also quoted graduate student Joshua Klein and biologist David Baltimore.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422151832.htm
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal

An April 21 Pasadena Star-News story reported on Peter deCourcy Hero's appointment as new vice president for development and alumni relations. Philanthropy Journal covered the appointment, as did the Whittier Daily News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/business/ci_12192774
http://philanthropyjournal.org/news/caltech-names-hero-fundraising-vp

Week of April 12, 2009

2009-04-17T10:47:36-07:00

The latest issue of Discover magazine includes coverage of a recent symposium held at Caltech discussing the next big questions in astronomy. The story includes an interview, and photographs, with planetary scientist Michael Brown.

The latest issue of TV Guide magazine includes a story and multiple photographs of a visit to Caltech by TV's Big Bang Theory actor, Jim Parsons. Parsons spent an afternoon in the lab of aeronautical engineer Mory Gharib.

An April 16 Los Angeles Times story covered an agreement between Caltech, USC, UCLA, and the City of Los Angeles to create clean technology. Xinhua News and the Daily News also covered the story.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clean-tech16-2009apr16,0,705950.story
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12152559
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/17/content_11196577.htm

An April 16 Pasadena Weekly story looked at earthquake preparedness. The story quoted seismologist Kate Hutton.
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/the_cruelest/7130/

An April 14 Chemical & Engineering News story looking at nanoscale rings quoted chemist Robert Grubbs.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i16/8716notw7.html

An April 13 MarketWatch story looked at work by neuroengineer Pietro Perona and biologist David Anderson using computers to study fruit fly behavior. UPI and Science Daily also covered the story.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145358.htm

A report on potential earthquake damage in Seattle received coverage in the April 13 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The story quoted seismic engineer Tom Heaton. Science Daily and UPI also covered the story.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405039_quake10.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409134743.htm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/

Week of April 5, 2009

2009-04-10T16:22:31-07:00

On April 10, ALN online magazine, ScienceDaily.com, Softpedia, and other media outlets covered work by electrical engineer Pietro Perona and biologist David J. Anderson to train computers to analyze fruit-fly behavior.

http://www.animallab.com/News_Articles.asp?pid=524

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145358.htm

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scientists-Train-Computers-to-Analyze-the-Fruit-Fly

On April 9, the Discovery Channel interviewed chemist Nate Lewis for an upcoming documentary on energy alternatives.

An April 9 article on ScienceMode.com looked at research by bioengineer Erik Winfree into the control of nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds.

http://sciencemode.com/2009/04/09/

Several media outlets reported on simulations of what would happen if a 9.0 quake hit the Pacific Northwest. The work was done by Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory seismologist Thomas Heaton and colleagues, and was covered by MSNBC.com's Cosmic Log, King 5 News, and ScienceBlog, among others.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/09/1886433.aspx

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/understanding-risk-seattles-high-rise-buildings

On April 9, The Register covered a $6 million DARPA grant awarded to applied physicist Ali Hajimiri for research into "self healing" integrated circuits. A similar story was posted on the Rapid Electronics website.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/08/darpa_to_save_moores_law/

http://www.rapidonline.com/latestnews.aspx

On April 8, National Geographic TV interviewed planetary astronomer Mike Brown and planetary scientist Oded Aharonson for an upcoming documentary entitled "Known Universe.”

On April 8, CNN--with Stan Wilson of "The Situation Room"--interviewed seismologist Kate Hutton on the status of earthquake prediction.

On April 6, Science News magazine interviewed physicist Kip Thorne for Programme SuperQuark, which will air on RAI Italian TV.

The April 6 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, and the ensuing discussion about the possibility of predicting such quakes, led to an extensive amount of media coverage this week. Among those quoted were Caltech and USGS seismologists Kate Hutton, Jean-Philippe Avouac, Jean-Paul Ampuero, Egill Hauksson, and Susan Hough. Covering the story were the LA Times, NBC, KTLA, CBS Evening News, and Telemundo.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quake-predict7-2009apr07,0,3910442.story

An April 6 op-ed piece in the New York Times on "The End of Philosophy" cites philosopher Steven Quartz.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07Brooks.html?_r=2&ref=opinion

Week of March 27, 2009

2009-03-27T12:14:49-07:00

A March 27 Science News story looked at the discovery of two small moons located at the fringes of our solar system. Planetary scientist Mike Brown and postdoctoral student Wesley Fraser made the discovery.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42280/title/Ice_cubes_in_space

A March 26 Science magazine story covered a study on arctic ice by environmental researcher Ian Eisenman.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/323/5922/1655

A swarm of earthquakes in the Salton Sea led to an extensive amount of media coverage this week. Those quoted included Caltech and USGS seismologists Kate Hutton, Lucy Jones, Ken Hudnut, Susan Hough, Egill Hauksson and Doug Given. Covering the story were the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's The Early Show, NBC Nightly News, local TV channels 2, 4, 5, 7 and 11 and radio stations KFWB-AM, KABC-AM and KFI-AM, among others.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/salton-quakes.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=6731057
http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/

A March 25 BioFuel Review story covered work by chemist Frances Arnold. Also covering her work were The Chemical Engineer, the Malaysia Sun, ANI News service, Energy Efficient News and nearly two dozen other media outlets.
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1875/1/
http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=11588
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/1958 /

On March 25, NPR's On Point radio program on volcanic activity in Alaska included a live interview with geophysicist Mark Simons.
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/03/volcanic-planet/

On March 24, NPR radio interviewed undergraduate admissions director Rick Bischoff for an upcoming story on the challenges universities face in difficult economic times.

A March 23 New York Times story covered the nomination of former Caltech provost Steve Koonin for a post at the Department of Energy. Also covering the nomination were the Associated Press, Washington Post, Technology Review, Nature and many other news outlets.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/23224/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/

A March 23 Pasadena Star-News story looked at a new stem cell grant that will allow Pasadena City College students an opportunity to conduct research at Caltech.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11979199

Week of March 20, 2009

2009-03-23T16:44:01-07:00

A March 19 UPI wire story looked at research by biologist David Anderson on how fruit flies respond to wind. The story also appeared prominently on the NSF website, along with videos of Anderson.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/03/19/
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114405&org=NSF&from=news

A March 19 Philippine Star story covered work by neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs in mapping the brain. Mexico's El Diario also covered the work along with Italy's Il Sole. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=449703&publicationSubCategoryId=75
http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=96552fc6e67ca5df4797fcdee7568f0f
http://salute24.ilsole24ore.com/biotech/diagnostica/

The March issue of Portfolio magazine looks at university endowments. Caltech Chief Investment Officer Sandra Ell is quoted.
http://www.portfolio.com/executives/2009/03/18/David-Swensen-and-the-Yale-Model

This week's Newsweek magazine includes a story on energy conservation and looks at work by environmental researcher Nathan Lewis.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/189293

A March 18 Nanotechnology Now story highlighted work by physicist Jeff Kimble on quantum networks. The NSF also highlighted the work.
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114395&org=NSF
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=32493

A March 17 Medical News Today story covered the winners of the new Lemelson-Caltech Student Prize. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/142495.php

A March 17 CNBC story highlighted work by economist Colin Camerer showing how professional stockbrokers differ emotionally from amateurs.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29735182/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316173216.htm

A March 17 Discover magazine story included an interview with theoretical physicist Murray Gell-Mann.
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/17-man-who-found-quarks-made-sense-of-universe

A March 17 story in Nature looked at work by Paul Bellan to simulate a black hole in his lab.
http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/2009/03/aps_black_holes_in_the_lab.html

On March 16 the Discovery Channel interviewed geochemist Ken Farley for an upcoming segment on the show Invisible Worlds. On March 17, the Discovery Channel interviewed physicist Ken Libbrecht about his work photographing snowflakes. That interview will also appear on Invisible Worlds.

A March 15 Chemical & Engineering News story on laser pulses quoted Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i11/8711notw6.html

Week of March 13, 2009

2009-03-23T16:41:20-07:00

Tonight's episode of the CBS TV show, Numb3rs, will include a story line about a fictional school's basketball team that resembles Caltech's. Two Los Angeles Lakers appear in the episode with various members of the Caltech men's basketball team and its coach, Oliver Eslinger.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-lakers13-2009mar13,0,5049781.story
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=f63c9a80-638e-4761-9afc-f02a631874aa
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090313/ENT/903130329/1175

A new study by biologist David Anderson looks at how fruit flies detect wind. Several publications covered his work including BioCompare, Science Daily and Newstrack India.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140858.htm
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/73609
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/03/
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/03/12/
http://www.hhmi.org/news/anderson20090311.html

On March 12, the Environmental News Network covered research by engineer David Rutledge into the global supply of coal.
http://www.enn.com/business/commentary/39448

Work by neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs on the link between the geography of the brain and intelligence was covered by several publications this week including LiveScience, The Big Think, MedGadget and MedIndia.com.
http://www.livescience.com/health/090311-brain-scan-iq.html
http://www.medindia.net/news/IQ-Depends-on-Particular-Regions-of-the-Brain-48566-1.htm
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/03/brain_injuries
http://bigthink.com/blog_entries/449-Caltech-Scientists-Discover-Brain-Geography-Matters

A March 11 MSNBC.com story looked at how our brains work during sleep. The story cited research by graduate student Casimir Wierzynski and neural systems expert Athanassios Siapas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29602611/

On March 10, ME72 held its annual robotic competition. Covering the event were KCBS-TV Channel 2, KNBC-TV Channel 4, KABC-TV Channel 7, the Los Angeles Times, the Pasadena Star-News and several Chinese-language publications.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=95976@kcbs.dayport.com
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/
http://sgvtribune.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=708776&CategoryID=33028

A March 9 Chemical & Engineering News story looked at nicotine research by chemical biologists Dennis Dougherty, Henry Lester and others at Caltech.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i10/8710notw8.html

Week of March 1, 2009

2009-03-06T11:38:29-08:00

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

Week of February 22, 2009

2009-02-27T16:22:44-08:00

A Feb. 27 Wall Street Journal story highlighted the work of computation and neural systems graduate student Virgil Griffith.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/27/books-and-music-that-make-you-dumb/

A Feb. 26 Science Centric story looked at work by computation and neural systems graduate student Casimir Wierzynski and associate professor Athanassios Siapas on communication within the brain during sleep.
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sleeping-Plays-an-Important-Part-in-Learning-105472.shtml

A Feb. 25 New York Times story quoted atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg on the failure to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory into space.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/

A Feb. 25 Yale Daily News story reported on an agreement allowing Yale researchers to use the Caltech-operated Keck telescopes in Hawaii.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27939

A Feb. 24 Scientific American story on giant observatories profiled the Thirty Meter Telescope. The story quoted astronomer Chuck Steidel.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=giant-telescopes

A Feb. 24 Los Angeles Times opinion piece on the future of California's water supply was written by Caltech and JPL oceanography research scientist William Patzert.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brick24-2009feb24,0,1347620.story

On Feb. 24, RAI Italian TV interviewed geochemist Jess Adkins and geologist Jean-Philippe Avouac for upcoming stories on their work.

A Feb. 24 story in The Australian on rising textbook prices quoted economist R. Preston McAfee.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25101449-25192,00.html

A Feb. 24 Associated Press story on the Large Hadron Collider quoted physicist Harvey Newman. The story ran in dozens of publications including the New Zealand Herald and the Baltimore Sun.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10558478
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.accelerators23feb23,0,4599293.story

A Feb. 23 Popular Science story covered a recent deep-sea research trip by geochemist Jess Adkins.
http://www.popsci.com/environment/

Week of February 15, 2009

2009-02-20T11:31:45-08:00

A Feb. 20 Pasadena Star-News story reported on Andrew Lange being honored with the Dan David Prize for astrophysics. Also covering the award were the Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jerusalem Post, UPI, and several other publications.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11744188
http://chronicle.com/news/
http://www.jpost.com/

A Feb. 20 Nature story on the demand for–and supply of–fossil fuels quotes engineer David Rutledge.
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0903/full/climate.2009.19.html

A Feb. 19 Newsweek book review looked at Toxic Truth, which chronicles the efforts by former Caltech geochemist Claire Patterson to increase awareness of lead poisoning.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/02/19/bookshelf-toxic-truth.aspx

A Feb. 19 Chicago Tribune story on delays in restarting the Large Hadron Collider quoted physicist Harvey Newman.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-duelingaccelerato,0,3205782.story

On Feb. 18, KCBS TV Channel 2 interviewed astrophysicist Sean Carroll for an upcoming science show aimed at children.

Also on Feb. 18, a crew from CBS Evening News interviewed physicist Ken Libbrecht on his work with snowflakes.

A Feb. 16 Los Angeles Times story reviewed the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics building.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/thom-maynes-cah.html

A Feb. 15 Pasadena Star-News story highlighted the achievements of engineer Franklin Thomas, who had early ties to Caltech.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_11711023

On Feb. 15, Genetic Engineering News covered a presentation by economist Colin Camerer on game theory and economics.
http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=49703570&chid=0&taxid=23
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151809.htm

Week of February 8, 2009

2009-02-17T15:30:28-08:00

On Feb. 13, the Washington Post Web site posted an interview with biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore following his being named one of America's best leaders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/02/12/VI2009021203091.html

On Feb. 11, Professor Emeritus Carver Mead was named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle and many others covered the story.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=35659
http://www.google.com/

A Feb. 12 Pasadena Weekly story pointed out Caltech's frequent appearances in the satirical publication, The Onion.
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/when_things_go_horribly_right/6905/

On Feb. 11, physicist Kip Thorne was a guest blogger on the Discover magazine Web site, discussing an upcoming visit by Stephen Hawking.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/

On Feb. 11, National Geographic TV interviewed Mars specialist John Grotzinger and graduate student Margarita Marinova for two upcoming specials on Mars.

A Feb. 10 Forbes story quoted applied physics professor Kerry Vahala in a report on efforts to create a nanoscale laser.
http://www.forbes.com/

A Feb. 9 Washington Post story on snowflakes cited physicist Ken Libbrecht's work in the area.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Week of February 1, 2009

2009-02-17T14:06:17-08:00

A Feb. 6 Science Daily story covered the creation of a prototype rover robot that might one day help explore other planets. The robot was created with help from Caltech roboticist Joel Burdick and JPL's Issa Nesnas. Stories also appeared on the UPI wire, MSNBC.com, the London Register and many others.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205141736.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/nasa_axel_rover_prototype/
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/04/1780978.aspx
http://www.upi.com/Science

U.S. News & World Report covered the discovery of new deep-sea life by chemical oceanographer Jess Adkins. Stories also appeared on MSNBC.com and the Korea Herald, among others.
http://www.usnews.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29021242/
http://www.redorbit.com/
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/02/04/200902040130.asp

A series of Caltech-led studies in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) was covered by Medical News Today. The story cited Caltech authors Eric Davidson, Ellen Rothenberg, Marianne Bronner-Fraser, and Paul Sternberg.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/137820.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203142521.htm

On Feb. 4, the Discovery Channel interviewed mechanical engineer Guruswami Ravichandran for the series, "Science of the Movies."

On Feb. 3, KPAS-TV Channel 56 toured the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics for an upcoming segment on the building's opening. On Feb. 2, the Los Angeles Business Journal ran a short story and photograph of the new building.

Week of January 25, 2009

2009-02-17T14:07:39-08:00

On Jan. 29, planetary astronomer Michael Brown appeared on KPCC-FM's Patt Morrison show to discuss an upcoming astronomy program to be held at Caltech.
http://www.publicradio.org/

A Jan. 30 Chronicle of Higher Ed story on how physicists are changing the way libraries manage publications quoted Caltech librarian Kimberly Douglas.
http://chronicle.com.clsproxy.library.caltech.edu/weekly/v55/i21/21a00104.htm

The Jan. 26 opening of the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics led to several news stories as well as an online photo gallery. Covering the event were the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Independent, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Now, KPAS-TV Channel 56 and several architectural publications. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11558017
http://sgvtribune.mycapture.com/ http://beaconmedianews.com/2009/01/30/stairway-to-the-heavens/
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6632954.html
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/2009/01/27/spacey-times-in-pasadena/

A Jan. 26 CERN Courier story covered a recent high-speed data transfer record led by Caltech physicists.
http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/37317

On Jan. 26, a crew from the Discovery Channel interviewed astrophysicist Marc Kamionkowski for an upcoming episode of the series Sci-Trek.

NBC stations around the country recently began running a story on a small barcode chip created by chemist James Heath for quick and inexpensive blood tests.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/health/topics/Protein_Chip_All__National_.html

Week of January 19, 2009

2009-02-17T15:31:02-08:00

The latest issue of Popular Mechanics highlights powerful telescopes and some that will define the future of astronomy. Included are the Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck observatories and the Thirty Meter Telescope, among others.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4299775.html

On Jan. 22, Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed geochemist Jess Adkins on his recent deep-sea trip, during which new species were found. Reuters, the Associated Press, New Zealand Herald, and Australian Broadcasting were among many outlets that also covered the story.
http://www.wpr.org/kathleendunn/
http://www.abc.net.au/science/

Also on Jan. 22, Charter Cable's Local Headline News interviewed materials scientist Harry Atwater for a segment on solar energy.

On Jan. 20, Associated Press TV covered a presidential inauguration viewing party held on campus.

A Jan. 19 New York Times story on women in science mentioned chemist and MacArthur Fellow Jacqueline Barton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/20angier.html?ref=science

Week of January 11, 2009

2009-02-17T15:31:26-08:00

A Jan. 17 International Herald Tribune story highlighted recent deep-sea discoveries by chemical oceanographer Jess Adkins. The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian broadcasting, Honolulu Advertiser, Der Speigel and many other publications also covered the work.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/america/AS-Australia-New-Marine-Life.php
http://www.smh.com.au/news/

A Jan. 16 Popular Science story on magic and science quoted neuroscientist Christof Koch.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-01/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont

On Jan. 15, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed geologist Jean-Phillipe Avouac for an upcoming story on his work on the Sumatra Fault.
http://www.cbc.ca/

On Jan. 15, an Agence France-Presse news story quoted David Baltimore on the science agenda of the new Obama administration.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAEk93ism5kL_C5iEL7cbxSNTu6A

A Jan. 15 News & Observer story quoted energy expert Nathan Lewis in a story on solar energy.
http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/1368390.html

A Jan. 15 Time magazine article on economics and humor quoted economist R. Preston McAfee.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1871911,00.html

On Jan. 15, Fox News covered work by astrophysicists Sean Carroll and Marc Kamionkowski, and graduate student Adrienne Erickcek, who showed that our universe is lopsided. MSNBC and Space.com ran similar stories.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479911,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28638720/

A Jan. 13 Pasadena Star-News column looked at the profile of the new freshmen class. The story quoted admissions director Rick Bischoff.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11445598

A Jan. 11 Time magazine article on ways to understand the national deficit quoted economist Colin Camerer.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1870699,00.html

Week of January 4, 2009

2009-02-17T15:31:53-08:00

The February issue of Kiplinger's ranks Caltech #1 in Best Value in Private Colleges. The story was also covered by Reuters, MSN and many other publications.
http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/

A Jan. 9 Pasadena Star-News column looked at the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11411723

A Jan. 8 earthquake was covered extensively by local media including the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KNBC-TV Channel 4, KTLA-TV Channel 5, KABC-TV Channel 7 and KTTV-TV Channel 11. Stories quoted seismologists Kate Hutton, Egill Hauksson and Lucy Jones.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/southern-califo.html

A Jan. 8 Los Angeles Times story looked at work by postdoctoral student Dominik Riechers on the relationship between black holes and the formation of galaxies. AFP, New Scientist, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and MSNBC also covered the story.
http://www.latimes.com/news/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16377-black-holes-grew-up-before-galaxies.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090108-black-holes-galaxies.html

A Jan. 7 New York Times story on solar cars quoted environmental energy expert Nathan Lewis.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/solar-powered-cars-not-just-yet/

A Jan. 2 Los Angeles Times story looked at the structural integrity of buildings based on information from the Great Southern California Shakeout Drill held in November. The story quoted civil engineer Swaminathan Krishnan and seismologist Lucy Jones. Jones also appeared on CNN that day discussing the same topic.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-steeltower2-2009jan02,0,3007844.story

In early January, images of snowflakes taken by physicist Ken Libbrecht made news in London's The Sun and The Star.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2102110.ece
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/561365

A Dec. 31 UPI news wire story covered chemical engineer Sossina Haile's efforts to create new fuel cells.
http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/

A Dec. 24 New Scientist story on how magicians trick the eye quoted neuroscientist Christof Koch.
http://www.newscientist.com/

A Dec. 23 Science News story looked at work on the Big Bang by astrophysicists Marc Kamionkowski and Sean Carroll and graduate student Adrienne Erickcek. The story also appeared in the Malaysia Sun, Birmingham News, Space Daily and several other outlets.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/

The creation of a titanium-based metallic-glass by visiting scientist Douglas Hoffman received coverage on Dec. 22 by China's Xinhua News, India's Hindu News and Italy's Le Scienze.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/22/content_10539568.htm
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200812201531.htm