"People are also looking in North Hollywood and south Pasadena, and in the valley, " she said.

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Nearly three decades later in 2007, while visiting as a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Yazami and Robert Grubbs, also a chemistry professor at the Caltech and the recipient of the 2005 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, were rumored to have made a major breakthrough in carbon-fluoride technology that would revolutionize the field of energy storage.

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This year, in a mere also-ran BCS contest, it looked like Texas might come to Pasadena (of California).

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