Caltech
Britishnoun
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Koch, who works at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and previously taught at MIT and Caltech, has played a major role in advancing the study of consciousness.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
The intellectual property is owned by Caltech, and PrismML is the sole exclusive licensee, Hassibi said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It was rescued and saved by Rick Flagan, a professor of chemical engineering and environmental science, who found it in a tin film canister in a Caltech closet.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Arie Haagen-Smit was from the Netherlands, and at Caltech he researched plant biochemistry.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
As a Caltech graduate student, Carl Anderson spent several days in a packed lecture hall straining unsuccessfully to make sense of Oppenheimer’s class on quantum mechanics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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