Cows have sense of direction, researchers say Aug 26, 2008
The findings are "very interesting and not at all implausible," said geobiologist Joseph Kirschvink at the California Institute of Technology, who also was not involved in the research. "We have to remember that whales are descended from a common ancestor of (cows), so this is not a surprise given what we know about whales.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Generations Of Stars Pose For Family Portrait Aug 25, 2008
Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.. (Science Daily)
Harvard leads pack once again Aug 23, 2008
MIT, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago rounded out the top 10 national universities. Amherst College, Williams College, Swarthmore College, and Wellesley College claimed the top four positions among liberal arts colleges, while the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Virginia, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Michigan... (Boston Globe)
Harvard: best U.S. university Aug 23, 2008
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) tied for sixth with the University of Pennsylvania. University of California in Los Angeles placed 25th on the list, while cross-town rival University of Southern California was 27th. (Xinhuanet, China)
Harvard reclaims top spot in latest U.S. News list Aug 22, 2008
California Institute of Technology (5). 6. (USA Today)
To Some, Lights Are Noisy Aug 22, 2008
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have discovered a new form of synesthesia, a rare but benign condition in which some people see the world quite differently than the rest of us. To them, letters or numbers have specific colors and tastes, may have specific shapes, because one sensory perception mysteriously leads to an automatic experience in a second sensory pathway. (ABC News)
Black Holes: Mostly Only Small And Large? Aug 21, 2008
Other authors of this paper include: Thomas Maccarone of the University of Southampton, England; Arunav Kundu of Michigan State University; Marc Kamionkowski of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Katherine Rhode and John Salzer of Indiana University, Bloomington; and Robin Ciardullo and Caryl Gronwall of Penn State University, University Park, Pa. Salzer is also with Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. (Science Daily)
At Princeton, alumni pride aids No. 1 rank Aug 21, 2008
Princeton may trail Harvard in selectivity and the California Institute of Technology in faculty resources, but it is tops in a key area the magazine uses to determine the best school: alumni giving. A whopping 60% of Princeton alumni make donations, blowing away No. 2 Harvard's 41. (USA Today -- News)
Engineers Build Mini Drug-producing Biofactories In Yeast Aug 19, 2008
18, 2008) Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a novel way to churn out large quantities of drugs, including antiplaque toothpaste additives, antibiotics, nicotine, and even morphine, using mini biofactories--in yeast. See also. (Science Daily)
Former DirecTV Head Named LA Times Publisher Aug 18, 2008
Hartenstein, an engineer who graduated from the California Institute of Technology, is considered one of the founding fathers of satellite television. He was working for Hughes Electronics Corp., which was later acquired by General Motors Corp., when he began considering the use of satellites to deliver TV programming. (ABC News -- Wire)
Caltech engineers build mini drug-producing biofactories in yeast Aug 16, 2008
-- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a novel way to churn out large quantities of drugs, including antiplaque toothpaste additives, antibiotics, nicotine, and even morphine, using mini biofactories--in yeast. A paper describing the research, now available online, will be featured as the cover article of the September issue of Nature Chemical Biology. (EurekAlert!)
Students garner Fermi Institutes Sugarman Awards Aug 15, 2008
Roger Hildebrand, the Samuel K. Allison Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics and the College, also is involved with the SHARP study, which is a multi-institutional project operated by the California Institute of Technology s Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. SHARP measures polarized light at submillimeter wavelengths, which are invisible to the human eye. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image Of Martian Dust Particle Aug 15, 2008
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.. The latest Phoenix images and information are at. (Science Daily)
Bringing Martian samples to Earth -- preparations outlined in journal Astrobiology Aug 14, 2008
This issue of Astrobiology also includes a special collection of papers that describe "Instruments for In Situ Exploration of Planets," compiled by Guest Editors Max Coleman and Frank Grunthaner, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena. "The papers in this collection complement each other to give a fairly comprehensive view of the achievements and issues in this area," write the editors. (EurekAlert!)
S.F. tech mogul wants to build city in India How to build a city sustainably Aug 12, 2008
"The education over there, until the undergrad level, is pretty good," said Bhatia, who attended Indian schools before receiving an undergraduate scholarship to the California Institute of Technology and earning a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. "But when it comes to grad school, it just falls off the cliff in terms of quality.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chinese philanthropists challenge stereotype Aug 11, 2008
Now an investment banker, he spreads his annual seven-figure donations among United Way, Harvard-Westlake School, the Asia Society, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rand Corp and the California Institute of Technology, among others. A recent City University of New York study found Chinese family foundations in the area grew from 11 with assets of $US23 million in 1990 to at least 47 with assets of more than $US218 million last year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Calif. Scientist Discovers People Who Can Hear Images Aug 9, 2008
Melissa Saenz of the California Institute of Technology realized the new form of the phenomenon synaesthesia after a grad student looked at her screensaver and asked others during a tour of the lab: "Does anyone else hear that?" New Scientist reported on Wednesday. Saenz then sent to hundreds of volunteers an e-mail containing the moving-dot image and three more people came forward. (Fox News)
US scientists discover people who can 'hear' what they see Aug 8, 2008
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology then found three more people with the same condition, New Scientist magazine reported. Those affected performed better in tests of recognising visual patterns than those without the condition. (BBC News -- Americas)
AIDS Breakthrough? HIV Halted With RNAi In Mice Aug 8, 2008
24, 2002) UCLA and California Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new gene therapy approach that prevents the AIDS virus from entering human cells. The technique offers a potential way to. (Science Daily)
Some People Can 'Hear' Movement Aug 7, 2008
Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered a type of synesthesia in which individuals hear sounds, such as tapping, beeping, or whirring, when they see things move or flash ... (Credit: Image courtesy of California Institute of Technology). (Science Daily)
Caltech neurobiologists discover individuals who 'hear' movement Aug 7, 2008
Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered a type of synesthesia in which individuals hear sounds, such as tapping, beeping, or whirring, when they see things move or flash. Surprisingly, the scientists say, auditory synesthesia may not be unusual--and may simply represent an enhanced form of how the brain normally processes visual information. (EurekAlert!)
AGU journal highlights -- August 6, 2008 Aug 7, 2008
K. H. Baines: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.. D. Luz: Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UMPC, Universit Paris-Diderot, Meudon, France; also at Centro de Astronomia e Astrofsica da Universidade de Lisboa/Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. (EurekAlert!)
Seeing is Hearing: New Type of Synesthesia Discovered Aug 6, 2008
California Institute of Technology neuroscientists Melissa Saenz and confirmed the existence of hearing-motion synesthesia, as they dubbed it, by creating a task at which the synesthetes would have an advantage. The researchers presented four self-professed synesthetes and 10 nonsynesthetes with 100 pairs of Morse code like rhythmic sequences, each composed of either auditory beeps or flashes of white on a black background. (Scientific American)
Decision Making in the Brain: Eavesdropping on Neurons Aug 6, 2008
Despite these obstacles, Bijan Pesaran of New York University and collaborators at the California Institute of Technology recently managed to pull off just this sort of coordinated eavesdropping, in an experiment designed to catch the cross talk between two specialized regions of the brain during decision making. Their , published in the journal Nature, focused on two key areas involved in planning reach movements: the dorsal premotor area (PMd) in and the parietal reach region (PRR) in , which... (Scientific American)
Martian Life Or Not? NASA's Phoenix Team Analyzes Results Aug 6, 2008
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
New Microscope Ditches The Lenses Aug 5, 2008
"The whole thing is truly compact -- it could be put in a cell phone -- and it can use just sunlight for illumination, which makes it very appealing for third-world applications," said Changhuei Yang, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology and one of the lead developers of the device. Yang imagines a range of uses for the so-called optofluidic microscope, which measures about the size of George Washington's nose on a quarter... (CBS News)
Cantronic Enters Into Advisory Agreement With Spinnaker Capital Markets Aug 5, 2008
Cantronic, through its US subsidiary QWIP Technologies, Inc. ("QWIPTECH"), holds a worldwide exclusive license from the California Institute of Technology ("Caltech") to produce and sell infrared detectors and sensors based on Caltech's Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector technology. Cantronic is a Tier 1 issuer on the TSXV exchange, trading under the symbol CTS. For further information about Cantronic and QWIPTECH, please visit our websites at www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Rare chance to learn Nobel secrets Aug 5, 2008
D. candidate from the California Institute of Technology. Ernst said he was delighted to help Indonesian students reach their goals to become great scientists. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
All eyes on Mars Aug 4, 2008
Paul Asimow, an associate professor of geology and geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology, for example, is trying to better understand the boundary between the earth's core and mantle - a place he could never get by drilling. Even when scientists can get there, it turns out that shattering tiny samples with a 20-foot-long gun can add valuable insight. (Boston Globe)
Dual-use Sexual Attraction And Population-control Chemicals Found In Nematodes Aug 2, 2008
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have now found a rare kind of signaling molecule in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans that serves a dual purpose, working as both a population-control mechanism and a sexual attractant. See also. (Science Daily)
Researchers develop tiny microscope Aug 2, 2008
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a "microscope on a chip" using an inexpensive magnifying system that relies on a light-sensing chip instead of lenses to achieve the power of a conventional microscope. The chip could be incorporated in an iPod-size device that could be used by rural physicians to detect malaria parasites in blood, hikers to identify microbes in stream water and oncologists to detect cancer cells in the blood of chemotherapy patients. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Astronomers Describe The Bar Scene At The Beginning Of The Universe Aug 1, 2008
A group of 16 astronomers, led by Kartik Sheth of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, has found that bars tripled in number over the past seven billion years, indicating that spiral galaxies evolve in shape. See also. (Science Daily)
Shining Stars Jul 31, 2008
He plans to pursue his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Marcus Iwane, a student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, was awarded a $10,000 Minority Scholars Award for 2008. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Symbiotic Microbes Induce Profound Genetic Changes In Their Hosts Jul 31, 2008
(June 2, 2008) A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, according to scientists at the California Institute of Technology. The. (Science Daily)
Expert: L.A.'s quake a 'sample' of one to come Jul 31, 2008
Tuesday's earthquake was "a sample, a small sample" of what earthquakes can do, said Kate Hutton, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology. "Every earthquake relieves some stress," Hutton said. (CNN -- US)
Portrait of a physicist explores our need to know Jul 30, 2008
And "QED," like "Coming Up for Air," paints a vivid portrait of a fascinating person - it's just that, in this case, the person is not a beloved local musician but an award-winning California Institute of Technology professor and Nobel laureate (the play's title comes from the work that brought him that honor, on quantum electrodynamics) who died in 1988. "QED" also fits neatly into the mission of the Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT, which Underground Railway and MIT founded as a way of building... (Boston Globe)
Earthquake shakes Southern Calif. Jul 30, 2008
The earthquake had about 1 percent of the energy of the Northridge quake, said Thomas Heaton, director of the earthquake engineering and research laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. The magnitude-5. (MSNBC -- Race)
Strong quake shakes Southern California Jul 30, 2008
"People have forgotten, I think, what earthquakes feel like," said Kate Hutton, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology. "So I think we should probably look at it as an earthquake drill. ... It's a drill for the `Big One' that will be coming some day.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
L.A.'S BIGGEST IN NEARLY 15 YEARS... Jul 30, 2008
A seismologist at the California Institute of Technology, Kate Hutton, encouraged Southern Californians to think of the earthquake as "a drill for the Big One," a much-feared, catastrophic quake. Some took that advice to heart, saying they were inspired to sock away water, food and other supplies just in case. (The Drudge Report)
Lensless On-Chip Microscope Inspired by Floaters in the Eye Jul 30, 2008
A team from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has demonstrated that light-sensitive microchips like those found in can produce of microscopic beads and about a millimeter long.. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, they report that prototype lensless microscopes resolved details down to approximately 0. (Scientific American)
REGION: Quake is powerful reminder of region's shakiness Jul 30, 2008
"We had forgotten what a big earthquake felt like ---- at least I did," said Kate Hutton, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "We should probably look at it as an earthquake drill.". (North County Times)
Moderate California quake a drill for 'Big One' Jul 30, 2008
The heaviest shaking was northwest of the epicenter near suburban Diamond Bar, said Thomas Heaton, director of the earthquake engineering and research laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. He said all buildings constructed in the region since the 1930s should withstand the kind of shaking felt Tuesday. (USA Today -- News)
Microscope-on-a-chip debuts Jul 30, 2008
Small enough to fit in a mobile phone or similar handheld device, the developed by California Institute of Technology engineers requires only sunlight for illumination, and could be mass-produced for $10. Caltech hopes to work with a manufacturing partner to produce handheld versions for remote monitoring. (EETimes)
Quake Shakes, But Doesn't Rattle L.A. Jul 30, 2008
" As is so often the case in southern California, the media response dwarfed the substance of what was being covered. The same TV station helicopters that breathlessly follow police chases aired aerial live pictures of ... nothing. Despite the absence of damage or injury, the California Institute of Technology rolled out its experts at a press conference just an hour after the quake. TV stations with little else to broadcast aired extended live footage of freeways near the epicenter that showed... (Forbes -- Business)
Caltech astronomers describe the bar scene at the beginning of the universe Jul 30, 2008
A group of 16 astronomers, led by Kartik Sheth of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, has found that bars tripled in number over the past seven billion years, indicating that spiral galaxies evolve in shape. The thought of spiral galaxies invokes images of star-studded arms trailing off of spinning disks. (EurekAlert!)
Quake shakes S. California; no injuries reported Jul 30, 2008
Seismologist Dr. Kate Hutton speaks to the media Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in Pasadena, Calif. after a strong earthquake shook Southern California causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Bioengineers Develop 'Microscope On A Chip' Jul 29, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 29, 2008) Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip ... (Credit: Changhuei Yang, California Institute of Technology). (Science Daily)
Solar system's not changing just the lingo Jul 29, 2008
Take Makemake, which earned its name this summer, three years after its discovery in 2005 by astronomer Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. whose team has discovered myriad similar, distant objects. (MSNBC -- Technology)
New Explanation For Monsoon Development Proposed Jul 26, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall that essentially had held firm for more than 300 years. See also. (Science Daily)
Various Species' Genes Evolve To Minimize Protein Production Errors Jul 26, 2008
2, 2005) A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology, applying novel data-mining methods to the now-completed sequence of the yeast genome, have uncovered a surprising reason why different. (June 24, 2008) What makes a human different from a chimp. (Science Daily)
New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into Electricity Jul 26, 2008
Then researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- G. Jeffrey Snyder, Eric S. Toberer, and Ali Saramat -- tested the material at high temperatures. Heremans and Jovovic tested it at low temperatures and provided experimental proof that the physical mechanism they postulated was indeed at work. (Science Daily)
Largest Sample Of Very Distant Galaxies Ever Seen Provide New Insights Into Early Universe Jul 25, 2008
We know that the Universe was reionised within the first 5-600 million years after the Big Bang, but we don t know if the ionising energy came from a smaller number of big galaxies or a more plentiful population of tiny ones , said Johan Richard, from the California Institute of Technology. The relatively high number of redshift 7. (Science Daily)
Viral Cloaking Device: How Viruses Evade The Immune System Jul 25, 2008
Now, biologists Pamela Bjorkman and Zhiru Yang of the California Institute of Technology have uncovered how one such virus, prevalent in humans, evolved over time to hide from the immune system. See also. (Science Daily)
Hubble spies a large group of distant galaxies Jul 25, 2008
The group acts as gravitational lenses, providing magnification that gives us a view of very distant galaxies. It has helped us spy ten promising galactic candidates about 13 billion light-years away (redshift 7. (USA Today -- Tech)
Mate or hibernate? That's the question worm pheromones answer Jul 25, 2008
Scientists from the University of Florida, Cornell University, the California Institute of Technology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have discovered the first mating pheromone in one of science's most well-studied research subjects, the tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans. But perhaps even more interesting is what the newly discovered pheromone also directs worms to do hibernate. (EurekAlert!)
New Dwarf Planet Makemake Marks Shift in Naming Trend Jul 24, 2008
Mike Brown of California Institute of Technology, whose team discovered the small body in 2005, was stumped for a while about what to call his latest discovery. For two years it was known in scientific circles as 2005 FY9. (National Geographic)
Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy Jul 23, 2008
Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. Spitzer's infrared array camera was built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Science Daily)
Makemake Officially Introduced As The Third Plutoid In Our Solar ... Jul 23, 2008
The smallest of the plutoids, Makemake was discovered in March 2005 by a team of scientists led by Michael Brown, from the California Institute of Technology, and it was first named 2005 FY9 (unofficially known as Easterbunny). The name Makemake was chosen later on by Michael Brown himself, after the god of fertility from the Island of Rapa Nui (or the Easter Island). (eFluxMedia)
Distant Dwarf Planet Designated Third 'Plutoid' Jul 22, 2008
"The orbit is not particularly strange, but the object itself is big," said astronomer Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. who led the team that discovered Makemake. (Fox News)
Tiny but potent planet, at least in name Jul 22, 2008
It created a problem for Mike Brown, a California Institute of Technology astronomy professor and leader. of the team that found the planet in 2005. (Sydney Morning Herald)
The fourth dwarf planet has a name: Makemake Jul 22, 2008
Makemake was discovered in 2005 by a California Institute of Technology team led by Mike Brown. You may recall it has an important spot in the history of our solar system discoveries, along with Eris and 2003 EL61. (USA Today -- Tech)
IAU: The official 'Makemake' announcement Jul 22, 2008
The object was discovered in 2005 by a team from the California Institute of Technology led by Mike Brown and was previously known as 2005 FY9 (or unofficially "Easterbunny") ... California Institute of Technology. (USA Today -- Tech)
Caltech scientists offer new explanation for monsoon development Jul 22, 2008
--Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall that essentially had held firm for more than 300 years. The traditional idea of monsoon formation was developed in 1686 by English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley, namesake of Halley's Comet. (EurekAlert!)
Dwarf planet named for Polynesian god Jul 21, 2008
The orbit is not particularly strange, but the object itself is big, probably about two-thirds the size of Pluto, said Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology, who discovered and named Makemake. It was the discovery of these trans-Neptunian objects that led the IAU to re-designate just what it meant to be a planet. (Globe and Mail)
Makemake: The Fourth Dwarf Planet Jul 20, 2008
Makemake was discovered on March 31, 2005, by a team led by Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology. The object was discovered just a few days after Easter and was nicknamed "Easterbunny." Its official designation was 2005 FY9. (Suite101.com)
