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Ultracold atoms used to verify 1963 prediction about 1D electrons

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Computer models created by scientists at the University of Southern California show the binding energies between atoms in tellurene synthesized at Rice University. The three layers in ultrathin tellurene are not perfectly aligned, giving the material metallic and semiconducting properties. (Credit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University)

Rice U. scientists form flat tellurium

Rice scientists lead an effort to create two-dimensional tellurium. The three-layered... Read more

Rice University postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Delph led a study that found evidence of water escaping during subduction and infiltrating sedimentary material related to small tremors that occur beneath the Pacific Northwest of the United States. (Credit: Rice University)

Tiny northwest quakes tied to deep-crust structure

Sediments under Lake Tanganyika in Africa store chemicals that give paleoclimatologists information about atmospheric conditions in ancient times. A Rice University professor has created a computational model that helps translate what they find. Courtesy of Sylvia Dee

Ice-age climate clues unearthed

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Rice U. announces $82 million in strategic research initiatives

Rice chemist Matt Jones has won a prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering to pursue research in the field of liquid cell transmission electron microscopy.

Big award enables study of small surfaces

Graduate student Linan Zhou works at a laser table in Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics

Light makes Rice U. catalyst more effective

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