Caltech in the News for the week of June 14, 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 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
