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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...

F. Brock Fuller, emeritus professor of mathematics at Caltech, died on November 6 at the Rafael Convalescent Hospital in San Rafael, California, four years after being diagnosed with diffuse Lewy body disease. He was 82. More...

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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...


At noon on November 20 in the second-floor common area of the Center for Student Services, the Caltech C will honor the life and work of Tsien Hsue-Shen, PhD '39, a Caltech alumnus and one of the founders of JPL, with special remembrance presentation by Professor Emeritus Theodore Wu. Lunch will be provided for the first 30 attendees. More...


From 4 to 5 p.m. on Friday, November 20, Caltech is hosting a workshop called "What Is Research All About?" This event is an opportunity to interact with Caltech scientists and learn about the process of creating new knowledge through discovery. Caltech postdoctoral scholars Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio, Matthew Bierman, and Mike Rose will lead the workshop, which will take place in Spalding Laboratory, Room 106. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

Afterward, all are invited to attend a poster session and reception for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology at 5 p.m. in Dabney Lounge and Gardens (building #40). Attendees will have a chance to meet local high-school students and learn about the research projects they have conducted and entered in the competition. More...



The Caltech Glee Clubs will perform a concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church (1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena) at 8 p.m. on Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21. The program has not yet been announced. More...


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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...


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 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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