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Caltech building is the epicenter of seismological research
Millikan Library is the tallest building on the Caltech campus. It is also the most sensitive. The sleek, gray nine-story building is home to 13 pocket-sized seismometers and a rooftop “shaker” that sends vibrations through the structure....
Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, Physiology, Technology, Arts and Culture
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At JPL, teens learn rocket science by crafting toilet paper catapults
High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave. Yet that was the task Friday at the 15th annual Invention Challenge at Jet...
Tags: Scientific Invention, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Teaching and Learning, Google Inc.
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Pasadena City College design program nets $3.9M federal grant
Pasadena City College has received $3,875,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to expand a program that provides job skills to engineering students and helps them work toward their bachelor’s degrees. The college’s Design Technology...
Tags: Financial Aid, Science and Technology, Architecture, Colleges and Universities, California Polytechnic State University
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Humanities have a place, even at Caltech
When Christina Kondos receives her bachelor's degree at Caltech's commencement Friday, she will represent a tiny and little-known minority at the prestigious science and engineering campus in Pasadena. Kondos is the only one in her graduating class of...
Tags: Mathematics, England, Colleges and Universities, Applied Physics, Social Sciences
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Smog-ology: Caltech professor wins environmental prize
The Los Angeles basin is home to some famously filthy air, and this month a leader in the study of air pollution added a carbon particle-tainted feather to his cap. John Seinfeld, a chemical engineering professor at Caltech, has been named one of two...
Tags: Ecosystems, University of California, Berkeley, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Conservation
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JPL workers hit a high note
Singing in a chorus might not be rocket science, but that hasn’t stopped Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers from forming their own company of singers. The JPL Chorus will make its debut at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a free concert with the Pasadena...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Medical Research, NASA, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, University of California, Davis, Same-Sex Marriage, University of California, Irvine, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Park Ridge discusses incentives for flood protection
At its monthly meeting last week, the Park Ridge Flood Control Task Force again brought up the idea of giving financial incentives to help residents pay for their own flood protection as the town struggles through its most recent flooding issues. The...
Tags: Science and Technology, Floods, Technology
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PNC's engineering program expands
WESTVILLE -- Purdue North Central is expanding its engineering program to meet demand locally and nationwide in the job market for graduates in that field. A bachelor's degree in civil engineering starting in the fall semester has been added to the four-...Tags: Science and Technology, Technology, Electronics
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Online scam alarms computer experts
The Raleigh (N.C.) News & ObserverIt takes a lot to surprise the group of go-to geeks I frequently contact for this column. Paul Rosenberg, for example, has experienced plenty of computer issues as the owner of the repair shop Love Your Computer in Chapel Hill, N.C. But when he...Tags: Software Industry, Science and Technology, Microsoft Corporation, Technology, Networking
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Business people - May 19
Meritus Health Meritus Healthcare Foundation recently welcomed two new managers: • Donor Relations Manager Allison Anderson is working with internal audiences including board members, physicians, planned giving and programs for Meritus Health&...
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