As deputy science team lead for NASA’s Kepler Mission, SJSU Associate Professor Natalie Batalha was at the forefront of today’s confirmation that the mission has discovered its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. Continue reading
A team of marine scientists, including Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Director Kenneth Coale, has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural or artificial sources can stimulate rapid growth of the harmful algae. The new findings, reported this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, add to concerns about proposals to use iron fertilization of the oceans as a way to combat global warming.
Researchers at sea.
More than a dozen SJSU students will make their debut this week, presenting their research at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science annual meeting in Anaheim. Continue reading
Chevron's Will Schweller (far right) works with BAESI workshop participants.
Major gifts totaling $166,000 from Chevron and $50,000 from Intel will enable SJSU to continue operating the Bay Area Earth Science Institute, the region’s only source of Earth science-specific professional development for teachers. Continue reading
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SAN JOSÉ, Calif., — The San José State University Research Foundation has received a $5 million federal stimulus grant, the largest of nine similar grants made in California. Continue reading