Caltech In The News
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.
| December 26, 2011 | President Chameau discusses science serving society... More |
| December 9, 2011 | Caltech-led team of astronomers discovers 18 new planets... More |
| December 5, 2011 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=msl-curiosity-rover... More |
| November 15, 2011 | Fighting cancer with nanotechnology... More |
| November 14, 2011 | Leading innovations: sunlight-to-fuel artificial leaves... More |
| October 31, 2011 | Looking for economic insight? Ask a scientist.... More |
| October 24, 2011 | President Chameau on the culture of excellence at Caltech... More |
| October 3, 2011 | http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=205&DateTime=10%2F7%2F2011+5%3A39%3A28+AM&... More |
| September 19, 2011 | CHIP Solar Decathlon entry garners attention on National Mall... More |
| September 12, 2011 | Caltech challenges students to design an asteroid mission... More |
| September 9, 2011 | No clear predictions for U.S. coal production and energy policy... More |
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| August 14, 2011 | Sky and Telescope – Charles Steidel. A seminal discovery by astronomer Charles Steidel has had a pivotal impact and led others to further investigate the nature of galaxies.... More |
| August 7, 2011 | BBC News – John Dabiri. An interview with bioengineer John Dabiri and colleague Robert Whittlesey on bioinspired wind-farm technology was the subject of this report.... More |
| July 29, 2011 | NPR Radio (Science Friday) – John Grotzinger. Geologist and project scientist John Grotzinger was interviewed on Talk of the Nation about the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, the newest Mars rover. Curiosity is scheduled to launch later this year, with its landing expected in 2012.... More |
| July 22, 2011 | CBS NEWS – Erik Winfree and Shuki Bruck. Again this week, this story received extensive media coverage, appearing on CBS, the Discovery Channel, CBS Interactive (CNET), Science 2.0, Nature, International Business Times, and in other media outlets. Bioengineers Erik Winfree, Shuki Bruck, and Lulu Qian have developed the first artificial neural network out of DNA, exhibiting brain-like behavior.... More |
| July 15, 2011 | Astronomer Mike Brown penned a feature article, “Whither Pluto, and Other Earth-Shattering Discoveries,” in the Los Angeles Times Parade Magazine special, “The Next Frontier: A Look at NASA’s Defining Moments – and Where We’re Headed Now.” ... More |
| July 9, 2011 | United Press International – John Dabiri. Aeronautics professor and bioengineer John Dabiri and his team have determined that the placement of wind turbines is critical to efficiency and effectiveness in producing optimized wind energy. The story also ran in Pasadena Star News, Science Newsline, and in other media outlets.... More |
| July 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times – Frances Arnold. A revealing, in-depth Q&A interview on the research and career path of bioengineer Frances Arnold was the front-page feature in the Sunday Business section of the Los Angeles Times. (7/3/11)... More |
| June 20, 2011 | For the first time, a team of Caltech-led researchers have directly measured the body temperature of dinosaurs–creatures that have been extinct for 150 million years–providing insight into how the physiology of modern mammals and birds evolved and how dinosaurs might have lived or behaved. This story received extensive global, national, and local coverage from major media outlets including CBS Evening News, Discovery, USAToday, MSNBC, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, FOX News, BBC Radio, NPR, NBC-TV, and many others.... More |
| June 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times – The Caltech 2011 Commencement ceremony was the lead online story and was also featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times Business section, highlighting the sustainable caps and gowns donned by Caltech graduates this year. The story also mentioned Catherine Beni, one of Caltech's youngest PhDs at age 20. (6/11/11)... More |
| June 3, 2011 | Los Angeles Times - Robert Quimby and Shri Kulkarni. Astronomers Robert Quimby, Shri Kulkarni, and colleagues have discovered a new type of supernova – perhaps 100 times more luminous than typical exploding stars. This story received extensive national and international media coverage in National Geographic, Nature, Bloomberg, MSNBC, Physics World, New Scientist, Science News, Yahoo! News, CNN Mexico, The Voice of Russia, Prensa Latina, El Pais (Spain), Radio Programas del Peru, BBC Mundo, Canoe (Canada), Media INAF (Italian National Astrophysical Institute), and FOCUS Online (Germany). (6/8/11)... More |
| May 30, 2011 | MSNBC – Harry Atwater Interview. This week, Harry Atwater of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis gave a feature interview on MSNBC regarding his team's "solar-to-fuel" energy research.... More |
| May 23, 2011 | New York Times – Nathan Lewis. This week, the "solar-to-fuel" work of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis director Nathan Lewis was highlighted in a profile piece in the Sunday Business section of the New York Times. The story also ran in the Boston Globe, Times of Oman, and on Metro.co.uk. (May 21).... More |
| May 13, 2011 | May 20 – KCAL-Ch. 9 TV – It’s official! It's Ditch Day! All local television stations covered the day's events, along with local newspapers.... More |
| May 8, 2011 | May 13 – Futurity – Materials scientists William Johnson, Marios Demetriou, and colleagues have redefined metals processing, developing a technique for making stronger, more economical metallic glass with broad applications. This story also ran in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Holykaw, and other outlets.... More |
| April 29, 2011 | May 6 – Toronto Star – Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne is quoted in this article regarding NASA's probe that may confirm Einstein's time warp theories.... More |
| April 22, 2011 | Apr. 29 – R&D Magazine – The impact of computational bioengineer Paul Rothemund's work in DNA origami, and the resulting advances in the field, were highlighted in this article. The article also appeared in CNET, Science Daily, and Medical News Today.... More |
| April 14, 2011 | Apr. 21 – LabSpaces – This report about research being conducted by biologist Sarkis Mazmanian investigated why bacteria living in our bodies does not attack our system and yet other bacteria does. The story received broad coverage in PhysOrg, Science Codex, RedOrbit, MedicalNewsToday, Science Daily, MicrobeWorld, myScience, e!Science News, Biosingularity (blog). ... More |
| April 11, 2011 | Apr. 14 – Los Angeles Times – This front-page feature highlighted the work and career of Voyager project scientist and physicist Edward Stone.... More |
| March 25, 2011 | Mar. 31 – The Guardian (UK) – This article about the sounds of sand dunes highlighted the research of mechanical engineers Melany Hunt and Christopher Brennen.... More |
| March 19, 2011 | Mar. 23 – Los Angeles Times – An article regarding the measurement of seismic wave activity on the San Andreas fault discussed the field research of geophysicist Joann Stock.... More |
| March 12, 2011 | Mar. 18 – Science AAAS – An editorial by Harry Gray and Jay Labinger commemorated 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry.... More |
| March 5, 2011 | Mar. 10 – Scientific American – An article covered the recent Lemelson MIT Caltech Student Prize competition and the winner, Guoan Zheng. The story also ran in the Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CNBC, MSNBC, R&D Magazine, Science News Daily, Scientific Computing, Tsing Tao Daily, China Press Daily, PhysOrg, Microscopy News, Press Telegram – Long Beach, Newswise, Medical Net, American Society for Engineering Education, Mass High Tech, and numerous other periodicals.... More |
| February 26, 2011 | Mar. 3 – Working Mothers Magazine – While making groundbreaking strides in macro-molecular biology and receiving numerous honors and awards, biologist Pamela Bjorkman was also raising a family. In this article, Bjorkman was highlighted as one of the "Most Powerful Moms."... More |
| February 19, 2011 | Feb. 25 - Huffington Post – An opinion piece by Caltech alum and former chair of the Caltech Board of Trustees Ben Rosen discussed Caltech's historic basketball victory on Tuesday night.... More |
| February 10, 2011 | February 18 – Tech News World – An article discussing the most advanced technological research mentioned Caltech's innovative nanoscience cancer therapies.... More |
| February 5, 2011 | February 10 - SoCal Public Radio - Professors Harry Atwater and Michael Hoffmann discussed solar energy research of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP). ... More |
| January 28, 2011 | February 4 – PhysOrg – A story about new methods of processing silicon mentions the work of Harry Atwater and postdoctoral scholar Michael Kelzenberg.... More |
| January 21, 2011 | January 26 – KABC-TV News – Commentaries and news clips ran on President Obama's mention of Caltech in his State of the Union address regarding work in renewable energy technology at Caltech. Articles and clips included comments by Jean-Lou Chameau, Nathan Lewis, Harry Gray, Sossina Haile, and Harry Atwater. Other commentaries ran in USA Today and L.A. Weekly. Also a story in the Los Angeles Times is scheduled to run on January 29.... More |
| January 8, 2011 | January 20 - Los Angeles Times - An article covering the Bloom Energy fuel cell installation at Caltech ran in numerous outlets including the Pasadena Star News, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Business Times, Yahoo! Finance, CNN, NPR, and numerous other periodicals and online sites.... More |
| January 1, 2011 | January 1 – Los Angeles Times – A story regarding projections for the future included 1930s projections by former Caltech president Robert Millikan and math professor Eric Temple Bell.... More |
| December 18, 2010 | A Dec. 23 NPR story on liquid fuels featured work led by materials scientist Sossina Haile. Her work also appeared in London's Guardian and BBC News.... More |
| December 12, 2010 | A Dec. 17 Worcester Telegram & Gazette story on snowflakes included work by physicist and snowflake aficionado Ken Libbrecht.... More |
| December 5, 2010 | A Dec. 10 Los Angeles Times obituary noted the passing of geophysicist Thomas Ahrens.... More |
| November 28, 2010 | The December issue of Scientific American includes a Q&A with bioengineer John Dabiri.... More |
| November 21, 2010 | A Nov. 28 Seattle Post-Intelligencer story on LIGO - the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory - quoted Hanford facility director Fred Raab.... More |
| November 13, 2010 | On Nov. 19, KPCC-FM's "Madeleine Brand" show interviewed astrophysicist Sean Carroll about an antimatter experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.... More |
| November 5, 2010 | A Nov. 12 SPACE.com story on the Voyager spacecrafts quoted astronomer Ed Stone.... More |
| October 31, 2010 | A Nov. 4 Whittier Daily News story on the recent elections quoted political scientist Rod Kiewiet.... More |
| October 24, 2010 | An Oct. 29 Riverside Press Enterprise story on ozone predictions highlighted work led by chemical physicist Mitchio Okumura. PhysOrg, Softpedia, and R&D Magazine were some of the other outlets covering his work.... More |
| October 16, 2010 | The October issue of Popular Science names aeronautical engineer Chiara Daraio as one of this year's "Brilliant 10."... More |
| October 10, 2010 | An Oct. 14 Los Angeles Times story covered the prior evening's "The Science of Iron Man" panel discussion. High-energy physicist Mark Wise and computer scientist Andreas Krause joined members of the movie's production crew on the panel. Home Media Magazine also covered the discussion.... More |
| October 3, 2010 | An Oct. 8 New Scientist story on a "black widow" pulsar quoted astronomer Shri Kulkarni.... More |
| September 26, 2010 | An Oct. 2 Pasadena Star-News story covered a visit to Caltech by Russian chess master Andrey Terekhov. The Whittier Daily News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune also ran the story.... More |
| September 19, 2010 | A Sept. 23 Nanowerk story featured a nanoscale mesh developed by chemical engineer James Heath. Softpedia also covered the work.... More |
| September 12, 2010 | On Sept. 16, the London-based Times Higher Education magazine released its latest rankings of world universities with Caltech ranked second among the best universities in the world, just behind Harvard. The rankings were extensively covered in news media including by the Pasadena Star-News, Nature, KABC-TV Channel 7, Businessweek, and many more.... More |
| September 5, 2010 | A Sept. 10 Scientific American podcast featured work led by behavioral economist Antonio Rangel and graduate student Ben Bushong on consumer willingness to buy goods. The London Daily Telegraph, Softpedia, and many other publications and websites also covered the work.... More |
| August 29, 2010 | On Sept. 3 a magnitude 7.0 quake struck New Zealand. Media outlets interviewed seismologist Kate Hutton and seismic analyst Anthony Guarino, including NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KABC-TV Channel 7, Reuters TV, and the Pasadena Star-News.... More |
| August 22, 2010 | An August 27 Pasadena Star-News story on the Station Fire quoted geologist Michael Lamb.... More |
| August 15, 2010 | On August 19 History Channel's The Universe, included a segment with astrophysicist Sean Carroll, who discussed time travel.... More |
| August 9, 2010 | The latest issue of Miller-McCune magazine includes a cover story on new developments in the field of economics and quotes behavioral economist Colin Camerer.... More |
| August 1, 2010 | An August 7 Desert Sun story on a small earthquake near Desert Hot Springs quoted seismologist Kate Hutton.... More |
| July 25, 2010 | A July 28 MSNBC story featured work by astronomer John Johnson showing the unusual orbits of two pairs of distant planets. Astronomy Now and Space Daily were two of the many news outlets to also cover the finding.... More |
| July 18, 2010 | A July 23 front-page Pasadena Star-News story featured solar panel construction on the Caltech campus.... More |
| July 11, 2010 | An upcoming issue of Science News will feature silicon solar cell research led by applied physicist Harry Atwater.... More |
| July 5, 2010 | A July 9 Wall Street Journal story on AIDS research cited work by biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore.... More |
| June 28, 2010 | A July 3 Medical News Today story about new research on pregnancy featured work led by biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore.... More |
| June 20, 2010 | A June 28 Science Insider story about India's participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope project quoted astronomer Ed Stone.... More |
| June 12, 2010 | A June 18 Christian Science Monitor story about lightning on Saturn quoted the study's lead researcher, Ulyana Dyudina. Cosmos magazine ran a similar story.... More |
| June 6, 2010 | A June 10 Pasadena Star-News story featured work led by geochemist John Eiler showing how hot the climate in East Africa was four million years ago, the time during which early hominids evolved in the area. US News, The Hindu, and many other news outlets also covered the story.... More |
| May 29, 2010 | A June 3 Reuters news story featured work led by Nobel laureate biologist David Baltimore and postdoc Jesse Bloom showing how strains of the H1N1 virus have become resistant to Tamiflu. The research was widely covered, including by Discover magazine, The Scientist, Irish Times, the Independent, and Spain's El Mundo, among others.... More |
| May 23, 2010 | A May 27 Medindia story featured work led by professor of psychology John O'Doherty, and postdoctoral scholar Jan Gläscher showing that two distinct learning strategies guide our behavior. OneIndia and redOrbit were among other news outlets that covered the work.... More |
| May 16, 2010 | Caltech's annual Ditch Day was held on May 21. Media outlets including KPCC-FM, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Times, KTTV Channel 11, KABC Channel 7, and KCBS Channel 2 covered this unique day of pranks and challenges.... More |
| May 7, 2010 | A May 14 Discovery News story covered the discovery of the most distant cluster of galaxies to date and quoted postdoctoral scholar Jeff Cooke.... More |
| May 2, 2010 | A May 7 Los Angeles Times commentary on time travel cited work by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.... More |
| April 24, 2010 | On April 30, the Huffington Post ran an opinion piece co-written by Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau and Intel CEO Paul Otellini.... More |
| April 18, 2010 | The April issue of Discover magazine features 4D microscopy research by Nobel laureate and chemist Ahmed Zewail.... More |
| April 11, 2010 | The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for graduate programs has Caltech at the top of several lists including chemistry, physics, earth sciences, and several others.... More |
| March 27, 2010 | An April 9 Popular Mechanics story on a Caltech earthquake sensor project quoted geophysicists Robert Clayton and Egill Hauksson.... More |
| March 20, 2010 | A March 24 Reuters story highlighted work by biology postdoc Ueli Rutishauser and biologist Erin Schuman on the association between relaxation and memory. The story was picked up by nearly 50 publications and websites.... More |
| March 14, 2010 | The March 19 issue of Inside Higher Ed included a question and answer with physicist David Goodstein discussing his new book, On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science.... More |
| February 28, 2010 | The massive quake in Chile led to numerous media appearances by Caltech seismologists and geophysicists including Kate Hutton, Hiroo Kanamori, Donald Helmberger, Joann Stock, Pablo Ampuero, Mark Simons, and graduate student Francisco Ortega, among others, and led to appearances on the NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, NPR, Telemundo TV Channel 52, Univision TV Channel 34, KABC-TV Channel 7, and KTTV-TV Channel 11, and in Science, the San Fernando Sun, the Pasadena Star-News, the Ventura County Star, the Whittier Daily News, and many others.... More |
| February 14, 2010 | A Feb. 26 Pasadena Star-News story highlighted work led by neurobiologist Ralph Adolphs and postdoc Jan Glascher mapping the brain regions that influence intelligence. BusinessWeek, Ivanhoe News, and HealthScout also covered the work.... More |
| February 7, 2010 | On Feb. 12, NPR's "All Things Considered" aired an interview with astrophysicist Ed Stone on the 20th... More |
| January 31, 2010 | A Feb. 5 Los Angeles Times story featured new images of Pluto and quoted planetary astronomer Michael Brown. The images were widely reported in outlets such as USA Today, National Geographic, Sky and Telescope, BBC News, and MSNBC, among others.... More |
| January 24, 2010 | A Jan. 29 Pasadena Star-News column mentioned a historic win by the Caltech women's basketball team.... More |
| January 17, 2010 | A Jan. 22 Pasadena Star-News story highlighted Caltech student efforts to raise funds for Haiti relief programs.... More |
| January 10, 2010 | Last week's quake in Haiti led to multiple news stories with Caltech faculty. Seismologist Egill Hauksson appeared on KNBC-TV Channel 4 on Jan. 13; Kate Hutton appeared on a Jan. 14 CBS Evening News story, on KCRW-FM's "Which Way LA" show, in the Los Angeles Times, and in Bloomberg news; and civil engineer Swami Krishnan appeared on KNBC-TV Channel 4 on Jan. 14. Also doing interviews were Anthony Guarino and Jean Paul Ampuero.... More |
| January 3, 2010 | A Jan. 8 Chicago Tribune story featured snowflake research by physicist Ken Libbrecht.... More |
| December 28, 2009 | The Jan. 3 Los Angeles Times magazine included a profile of engineer and EAS chair Ares Rosakis.... More |
| December 20, 2009 | A Dec. 22 National Geographic story about fog on Saturn's moon, Titan, quoted study author and planetary astronomer Michael Brown. The Pasadena Star-News, China's Xinhua News, and many other outlets also covered the finding.... More |
| December 13, 2009 | Popular Mechanics' list of "10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2010" includes DNA origami work led by Paul Rothemund.... More |
| December 6, 2009 | A Dec. 11 Pasadena Star-News story looked at research led by planetary scientist Oded Aharonson into lake distribution on Saturn's moon, Titan. The Whittier Daily News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune also ran the story. ... More |
| November 29, 2009 | A Dec. 4 Science News story on black holes quoted astronomer George Djorgovski.... More |
| November 21, 2009 | A Nov. 27 Technology Review story on snowflakes quoted physicist Ken Libbrecht.... More |
| November 15, 2009 | A Nov. 20 Laguna Beach Independent story profiled students participating in the Siemens Competition, which is being held this weekend at Caltech.... More |
| November 1, 2009 | The December issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Caltech as number one on its list of best values in private colleges. This is the fourth straight year that Caltech has held the top spot.... More |
| October 25, 2009 | On Oct. 30, Caltech opened the Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology. Covering the event were the Pasadena Weekly, THE Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and the Pasadena Star-News. On Oct. 25, the Los Angeles Times mentioned the building in a story on the architect and on Oct. 30, the Pasadena Star-News ran a story on the newly formed department to be housed within the Annenberg Center.... More |
| October 18, 2009 | An Oct. 22 Science Daily story featured work by applied physicist Sandra Troian and postdoctoral scholar Mathias Dietzel explaining the formation of nanopillars.... More |
| October 11, 2009 | An Oct. 16 Pasadena Star-News story covered Caltech's participation in the Southern California ShakeOut drill and quoted outreach coordinator Margaret Vinci and seismologists Kate Hutton and Lucy Jones. Similar stories ran in Xinhua News, KFI AM, and the LA Daily News.... More |
| October 4, 2009 | On Oct. 8, CNN en Español interviewed IPAC astronomer Solange Ramirez for a story on NASA's lunar impact project.... More |
| September 27, 2009 | An Oct. 1 swarm of earthquakes in Central California received media coverage from outlets including KTLA-TV Channel 5, KBS-TV, KTTV-TV Channel 11, and Channel 18. Quoted were seismologists Sue Hough and Ken Hudnut.... More |
| September 20, 2009 | A Sept. 24 Science Daily story looked at work done by biologist Grant... More |
| September 13, 2009 | A Sept. 18 story on KTLA-TV Channel 5 featured the Palomar Observatory and included an interview with the facility's Scott Kardel.... More |
| September 6, 2009 | A Sept. 11 Los Angeles Times story reported on new developments in the arson case against former graduate student William Cottrell. LA Weekly, Associated Press, KPCC-FM, and the Pasadena Star-News were among many others that covered the story.... More |
| August 30, 2009 | A Sept. 4 Technology Review story looked at the affect of water vapor on climate change and cited recent work by environmental scientist Tapio Schneider.... More |
| August 23, 2009 | The latest issue of Chemistry World magazine includes a discussion with chemist Robert Grubbs on life as a Nobel laureate.... More |
| August 16, 2009 | This week's release of US News & World Reports' annual America's Best Colleges list received significant media coverage. Caltech ranked #4 this year, up from #6 last year. Stories appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KABC-TV Channel 7, and dozens of other media outlets. Undergraduate admissions director Rick Bischoff did interviews with US News, KFWB-AM radio, the Pasadena Star-News and Chinese Daily News.... More |
| August 9, 2009 | An August 13 San Francisco Chronicle story covered work led by planetary astronomer Michael Brown that found weather on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The findings were covered extensively by other news media, including US News & World Report, Christian Science Monitor, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, and many more.... More |
| August 2, 2009 | An August 4 PhysOrg.com story looked at scientific meetings taking place in virtual worlds such as Second Life. The story quoted astronomer George Djorgovski.... More |
| July 26, 2009 | A July 31 New York Times story looked at work by postdoc Kakani Katija and bioengineer John Dabiri showing how tiny organisms contribute to ocean mixing. Also covering the research were NPR, New Scientist, National Geographic, the BBC, Scientific American, and many other news outlets.... More |
| July 19, 2009 | A July 24 NPR "Talk of the Nation" story included an interview with neuroeconomist Colin Camerer on the process of decision-making.... More |
| July 17, 2009 | A July 17 New Scientist story looked at methane research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg.... More |
| July 5, 2009 | On July 10, PhysOrg.com covered research by chemical engineer Jim Heath on the development of an antibody surrogate. Also covering the story were Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Laboratory Equipment.com, First Science, and many others.... More |
| June 27, 2009 | A July 1 Newsweek article highlighted the latest publication from the Einstein Papers Project, and quotes project director Diana Buchwald.... More |
| June 21, 2009 | A June 26 Los Angeles Times story mentioned a legal settlement between Sony and Caltech over digital camera technology. Bloomberg News and ZDNet.com also covered the story.... More |
| June 14, 2009 | 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.... More |
| June 7, 2009 | A June 13 Los Angeles Times story profiled Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau.... More |
| May 31, 2009 | On June 4, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving JPL and Caltech employees was covered by the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Pasadena Star-News and others.... More |
| May 24, 2009 | The latest issue of Air and Space magazine includes a story on the Kuiper Belt and quotes planetary astronomer Michael Brown. ... More |
| May 17, 2009 | The June issue of Smithsonian magazine includes a look at work by neurobiologist John Allman on elephant brain cells.... More |
| May 10, 2009 | The launch of the Herschel and Planck space missions-–both of which have Caltech-led elements–was covered extensively by news media including the UPI, iTWire.com, and SpaceflightNow, among others.... More |
| May 3, 2009 | A May 7 U.S. News & World Report story reported on the search for gravitational waves and quoted astrophysicist Tom Prince.... More |
| April 26, 2009 | A May 1 Hawaii Tribune-Herald story covered the decommissioning announcement for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). Making the announcement were astrophysicists Tom Phillips and Tom Soifer. The Associated Press, KITV-TV, KGMB-TV and several other outlets covered the decision.... More |
| April 19, 2009 | An April 24 Nature story covered the Senate confirmation hearing of former provost Steven Koonin for Undersecretary for Science.... More |
| April 12, 2009 | The latest issue of Discover magazine includes coverage of a recent symposium held at Caltech discussing the next big questions in astronomy. The story includes an interview, and photographs, with planetary scientist Michael Brown.... More |
| April 5, 2009 | On April 10, ALN online magazine, ScienceDaily.com, Softpedia, and other media outlets covered work by electrical engineer Pietro Perona and biologist David J. Anderson to train computers to analyze fruit-fly behavior.... More |
| March 27, 2009 | A March 27 Science News story looked at the discovery of two small moons located at the fringes of our solar system. Planetary scientist Mike Brown and postdoctoral student Wesley Fraser made the discovery.... More |
| March 20, 2009 | 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.... More |
| March 13, 2009 | 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.... More |
| March 1, 2009 | An upcoming story in Forbes Asia highlights a $10 microscope created by bioengineer Changhuei Yang.... More |
| February 22, 2009 | A Feb. 27 Wall Street Journal story highlighted the work of computation and neural systems graduate student Virgil Griffith.... More |
| February 15, 2009 | A Feb. 20 Pasadena Star-News story reported on Andrew Lange being honored with the Dan David Prize for astrophysics. Also covering the award were the Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jerusalem Post, UPI, and several other publications.... More |
| February 8, 2009 | On Feb. 13, the Washington Post Web site posted an interview with biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore following his being named one of America's best leaders.... More |
| February 1, 2009 | A Feb. 6 Science Daily story covered the creation of a prototype rover robot that might one day help explore other planets. The robot was created with help from Caltech roboticist Joel Burdick and JPL's Issa Nesnas. Stories also appeared on the UPI wire, MSNBC.com, the London Register and many others.... More |
| January 25, 2009 | On Jan. 29, planetary astronomer Michael Brown appeared on KPCC-FM's Patt Morrison show to discuss an upcoming astronomy program to be held at Caltech.... More |
| January 19, 2009 | The latest issue of Popular Mechanics highlights powerful telescopes and some that will define the future of astronomy. Included are the Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck observatories and the Thirty Meter Telescope, among others.... More |
| January 11, 2009 | A Jan. 17 International Herald Tribune story highlighted recent deep-sea discoveries by chemical oceanographer Jess Adkins. The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian broadcasting, Honolulu Advertiser, Der Speigel and many other publications also covered the work.... More |
| January 4, 2009 | The February issue of Kiplinger's ranks Caltech #1 in Best Value in Private Colleges. The story was also covered by Reuters, MSN and many other publications. ... More |
