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By Steve Hsu(noreply@blogger.com) E. Bright Wilson was professor of chemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences, later a recipient of the National Medal of Science. The last quote from Wilson could easily have come from anyone who went to Caltech! Indeed, both E. Bright Wilson and his son, Nobel Laureate Ken Wils...

Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and professor of physics at Caltech, has been named an envoy in the new U.S. Science Envoy Program, created to foster science and technology collaborations between the United States and nations throughout the Middle...

At 2 p.m. on November 14 in Beckman Auditorium, Shannon Boettcher, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, will introduce and guide a post-screening discussion of Curious--Powering the Planet, an Emmy-nominated program that features Caltech and JPL scientists.

Scientists led by Nobel Laureate Robert Grubbs, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at Caltech, have made molecular "daisy chains" containing threaded rings that can be pulled taut or slackened by chemical stimuli. The polymers signify a step toward making materia...

 CA Three seniors from the California Institute of Technology have received Fulbright Fellowships to pursue graduate work abroad, Caltech announced. Alex Hudson is beginning a one-year program in theoretical chemistry at the University of Oxford; ...

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 CA Zewail is a professor of chemistry and physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and director of the school's recently established Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

For decades of breakthroughs in bioinorganic and inorganic photochemistry powering his current work in renewable fuels, Harry Gray, the Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Beckman Institute at Caltech, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Welch Award in C...

Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Caltech, has been named by President Barack Obama to the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). ...

Chemical & Engineering News “It is an exceptionally beautiful piece of synthetic chemistry,” comments Brian M. Stoltz, a chemistry professor at Caltech. “The paper vividly captures not only the trials and tribulations of complex-molecule synthesis, but also the highly ...

press release) The difference between porphyrins and corroles, says Harry Gray, Caltech's Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Beckman Institute, is that some corroles don't require a laser boost to turn lethal. ...

press release) The difference between porphyrins and corroles, says Harry Gray, Caltech's Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Beckman Institute, is that some corroles don't require a laser boost to turn lethal. ...

press release) The difference between porphyrins and corroles, says Harry Gray, Caltech's Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Beckman Institute, is that some corroles don't require a laser boost to turn lethal. ...

By daveshields Back in the 1960’s an apartment near the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California, was shared by several generations of graduate students in chemistry. No one knew how to list the phone number until one of them made the obvious suggestion, and after I heard the story I confirmed its accuracy...

press release), NY “In addition, we found that nicotine makes a strong hydrogen bond in the brain's acetylcholine receptors,” notes Dennis Dougherty, Ph.D., the George Grant Hoag professor of chemistry at Caltech. “This same hydrogen bond, in the receptors in muscle ...

press release), NY “In addition, we found that nicotine makes a strong hydrogen bond in the brain's acetylcholine receptors,” notes Dennis Dougherty, Ph.D., the George Grant Hoag professor of chemistry at Caltech. “This same hydrogen bond, in the receptors in muscle ...

press release), NY “In addition, we found that nicotine makes a strong hydrogen bond in the brain's acetylcholine receptors,” notes Dennis Dougherty, Ph.D., the George Grant Hoag professor of chemistry at Caltech. “This same hydrogen bond, in the receptors in muscle ...

By Michael A microfluidic chip that uses a novel technology to identify the presence of circulating proteins in a minuscule blood sample may lead to a new generation of quick and accurate diagnostic tests. The chip's technology is being developed by Caltech professor of chemistry Dr. James Heath an...

By Jennifer Ouellette Then there is this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry, awarding one-half of the prize to one team of scientists for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and the other half of the prize to a second team for proving that it is not. (Snopes.com dismisses the "Coca-Cola kills...

Caltech graduate student in chemistry John Keith has added his own score to the film to create a fantastic film experience for the Caltech audience. At 8 pm on November 16, in Beckman Institute auditorium.