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Rowland Institute of Science

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research role of Land

In Edwin Herbert Land
…research by working with the Rowland Institute of Science, a nonprofit centre supported by the Rowland Foundation, Inc., a corporation that Land founded in 1960. Under Land’s direction, Rowland researchers discovered that perception of light and colour is regulated essentially by the brain, rather than through a spectrum system in…
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role of Hau

In Lene Hau
…took a position at the Rowland Institute in 1991, serving as principal investigator for the Atom Cooling Group until 1999. Though she resided in the United States, Hau retained her Danish citizenship.
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