Caltech in the News for the week of July 17, 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 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
