Caltech in the News for the week of March 20, 2009
Caltech In the News is our weekly review of Caltech faculty, staff and students who have appeared in the news media this past week. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after some time.
A 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
