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For a full list of the week's events, go to sass.caltech.edu. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40102 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40102 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Time magazine's picks for the 50 best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year include JPL scientists' research on levitating mice. Yuanming Liu and his colleagues have worked out a way to use magnets to make mice float in midair. The effects could provide insight into how to prevent adverse health effects, such as bone loss, in astronauts who spend long periods of time in low gravity. According to the article, "A few very disoriented mice could hold the keys to safer space travel." To view the complete list, go to Time online. http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13301 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39942 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST 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. http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13297 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39562 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST 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. http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13293 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39262 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST 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. http://sass.caltech.edu http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40146 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST All are invited to join Caltech students volunteering at Union Station Homeless Services' annual Thanksgiving Dinner in the Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 26 at Pasadena's Central Park. Thousands of community members are served holiday meals at this event each Thanksgiving. To register, go to surveymonkey.com, and for more information, e-mail gregf@caltech.edu. This event is part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, presented by Caltech Y and Social Activism Speaker Series. For a full list of the week's events, go to sass.caltech.edu. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40143 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40143 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST At noon on November 23 in the Caltech Y lounge, a panel of men and women who work with the homeless providing food, teaching skills, and helping them transition out of homelessness will answer questions and provide information on how you can make a difference in a homeless person's or family's life. Free lunch will be served. To sign up, go to surveymonkey.com. This event is part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, presented by Caltech Y and Social Activism Speaker Series. For a full list of the week's events, go to sass.caltech.edu. http://today.caltech.edu/theater/item?story%5fid=39163 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39163 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Edward Stone, the David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at Caltech and former director of JPL, discussed the Thirty Meter Telescope in a lecture at Alumni College. Stone explained how if we collect and concentrate enough light from dim, distant bodies, we can observe them as they were near the beginning of the universe, over 13 billion years ago. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39403 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39403 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST 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 . . . http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39602 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39602 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Click here to see the latest issue. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40182 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40182 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST NASA's November 13 announcement that its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite had detected substantial amounts of water on the moon seemed especially appropriate in its timing, coming exactly four centuries after Galileo trained his new telescope on the moon and became the first human to distinguish "spots and prominences" on the lunar surface. The next year, in 1610, he included this engraving of what he had seen in Sidereus Nuncius (The Starry Messenger), a landmark work in the history of science that ultimately landed its author in hot water with the Inquisition. An original copy of that book can be found today in the Rare Book Collection of the Caltech Archives, which is commemorating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescope studies with an online exhibit highlighting some of his contributions to astronomy. To see more of the Archives' Galileo holdings, click here. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story%5fid=40203 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40203 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST 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. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39963 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39963 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Get 1% CASH BACK on your next CEFCU auto loan (up to $450) whether it's for a new or pre-owned vehicle, or refinanced from another lender. Offer ends Feb. 1, 2010.Get pre-approved today and shop for your best deal!Apply online at www.cefcu.org or request an application from any CEFCU office."PAY MY BILLS" SweepstakesThrough December 4th, we'll have a weekly drawing for a $1,000 in bill payments. To enter, recommend a new member who signs up during the Sweepstakes. Both you and the new member will have a chance to win.`Invitations to Join' and details are available on our website and at all CEFCU offices.Thanksgiving Holiday Closure: Thursday, November 26 & Friday, November 27Campus Branch Hours:Monday to Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. http://www.amt.caltech.edu/facilities/nmc http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=40002 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST The New Media Classroom (NMC) is a multimedia facility equipped with integrated presentation and collaboration tools. It hosts and records events such as classes, full-day workshops, research collaboration sessions, PhD thesis exams, press briefings, and live webcasts, and it accommodates 25 visitors comfortably. If you are considering implementing new technology in your lecture hall, classroom, or conference space, come check out the NMC. Take a tour or reserve the classroom by contacting IMSS Academic Media Technologies at 395-4657 or amt@caltech.edu. http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story%5fid=39405 http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display-blurb?story%5fid=39405 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST In accordance with the South Coast Air Quality Management District's regional clean air-quality requirements, Caltech is conducting a mandatory survey of employee commute modes for the week of October 19 through October 23, 2009. Those who complete their surveys by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 9, will be entered in a drawing to win a $100 gift card. This simple online survey takes only two minutes of your time. To complete your survey, go to http://rl6.ridelinks.com/es30_13962.htm.