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Caltech Researchers Named among the World's Most Powerful People

Forbes magazine's special report on the world's most powerful people features two Caltech researchers. Jim Heath, Gilloon Professor and professor of chemistry, was named one of the seven most powerful innovators, and David Baltimore, Caltech president emeritus, Nobel laureate, and Millikan Professor of Biology, was included among the seven most powerful people in medicine. More...

Ooguri Receives Nishina Memorial Prize

Hirosi Ooguri, Caltech's Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Nishina Memorial Prize, the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan. Since 1955, the Nishina Memorial Foundation has awarded the prize annually, and past winners include four Nobel laureates in physics. The award ceremony will take place on December 4 in Tokyo. More...

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Caltech-Occidental Orchestra Concert

The Caltech-Occidental Orchestra will perform a concert conducted by Allen Gross at 3:30 p.m. on November 22 in Ramo Auditorium. The program has not yet been announced. A free reception will follow the performance. More...

Caltech Folk Music Society Presents Anne Hills

Singer and songwriter Anne Hills will perform a concert at 8 p.m. on November 21 in Beckman Institute auditorium. More...

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology: Regional Finals

Regional finals for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology will take place on campus on November 20 and 21. Renowned for its rigorous academic and judging standards, and for its emphasis on authentic scientific research, the Siemens Competition was established by the Siemens Foundation in partnership with the College Board in 1999. This year's national finals will take place beginning December 3 in New York City. For more information, go to Siemens.com. More...

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The new Caltech News is now online.

In the bicentennial year of Edgar Allan Poe's birth, Caltech News uncovers the Institute's own pit and pendulum saga, highlights Techers in the Obama administration, reports on Secretary of Energy Steven Chu's commencement address, and profiles new alumni-professor administrators. More . . .

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Caltech Scientists Develop DNA Origami Nanoscale Breadboards for Carbon Nanotube Circuits

In work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Caltech has combined DNA's talent for self-assembly with the remarkable electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, thereby suggesting a solution to the long-standing problem of organizing carbon nanotubes into nanoscale electronic circuits. More...

Caltech Researchers Show Efficacy of Gene Therapy in Mouse Models of Huntington's Disease

Researchers at Caltech have shown that a highly specific intrabody (an antibody fragment that works against a target inside a cell) is capable of stalling the development of Huntington's disease in a variety of mouse models. "Gene therapy in these models successfully attenuated the symptoms of Huntington's disease and increased life span," notes Paul Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences. More...

Caltech Researchers Reveal Unexpected Sources of Nitrogen Fixation

Caltech researchers led by assistant professor of geobiology Victoria Orphan have found that the members of a deep-sea symbiotic microbial community are able to fix nitrogen. The unexpected metabolic ability may help solve a lingering mystery about the world's nitrogen cycling budget. A paper about the work appears in the October 16 issue of the journal Science. More...

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