Caltech in the News for the week of July 19, 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 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
