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McMurtrys Pledge $32 Million to Rice
Houston natives Deedee and Burt McMurtry have proven that their reputation as two of Rice University’s most generous supporters is well deserved by pledging an additional $32 million to their alma mater. |
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U.S., China Cooperate on High-Energy Physics Experiment
Rice to manage an international team-production of an innovative set of detectors for a premier particle accelerator.
—Jade Boyd |
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Introducing the World’s First Motorized Nanocar
In follow-up work to last year’s groundbreaking invention of the world’s first single-molecule car, chemists at Rice University have produced the first motorized version of their tiny nanocar.
—Jade Boyd |
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Researchers Create New Nanoparticle
The new “nanorice” particle may find applications in cancer treatment, medical diagnostics, molecular imaging, and chemical sensing.
—Jade Boyd |
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Variations in Birth Weight Related to Boys’ Early Cognitive Development
Birth weight of male infants is related to their later ability to learn and focus on visual stimuli.
—B. J. Almond |
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Scents Are More Intense When Emotions Are in Motion
In the words of Irving Berlin, “The sun never shines so bright, nor do things seem to go so right, when we’re in love.” Or smell so intensely, according to a Rice University psychologist.
—B. J. Almond |
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A Knotty but Useful Pattern
Shelly Harvey’s discovery may not help you untie a tangled shoelace, but it will help topologists to characterize the underlying mathematical structure of complex surfaces like knots.
—Jade Boyd |
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Rice Launches New Undergraduate Scholarship Initiative
Rice University has launched an initiative to raise $100 million in endowed scholarships for undergraduates by 2012—Rice’s 100th anniversary.
—B. J. Almond |
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U.S. IT Industry Robust Despite Offshoring
A Rice study looks into the facts and fictions of IT outsourcing to other countries.
—Katherine Manuel |
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International Project Boosts Nanotechnology Research and Education
Rice University has been awarded $2.2 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year project that will offer an integrated approach to international research and education in the area of nanotechnology.
—Margot Dimond |
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Bacteria Power
The U.S. Air Force has long been interested in microscale air vehicles, but it has been stymied by the lack of a suitable, compact power source. But a diverse team of researchers from Rice and USC thinks it has discovered a power source small enough: bacteria.
—Jade Boyd |
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Architecture Program Ranks Nationally
Rice University’s School of Architecture’s graduate program placed seventh—ahead of such prestigious schools as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale, and Princeton—in the 2006 national ranking of architecture schools by DesignIntelligence for the Design Futures Council.
—B. J. Almond |
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Does Outsourcing to Mexico Improve Investment Returns?
Outsourcing to maquiladora factories may seem economically beneficial on the surface, but could have hidden costs not initially apparent.
—Debra Thomas |
