Caltech in the News for the week of March 13, 2009
Caltech In the News is our weekly review of Caltech faculty, staff and students who have appeared in the news media this past week. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after some time.
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
