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New models assess bridge support repairs after earthquakes
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Civil engineers develop a computational modeling strategy to help plan effective repairs to damaged reinforced concrete columns.
Rice joins Houston in celebrating legacy of MLK
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President Leebron and Provost DesRoches rode in the 44th Annual Original MLK Day Parade Jan. 17
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Rice chemist James Tour is among 32 investigators in five countries who will collaborate on the “Mend the Gap!” project to heal spinal cord injuries.
Halting antibiotic resistance is a little less futile
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Rice University bioscientists develop a microfluidic platform for high-throughput studies of how bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance.
Rice physicist Pengcheng Dai wins superconductivity award
January 14, 2022
Rice University physicist Pengcheng Dai and two European physicists have won the 2022 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize, one of the leading awards for experimental research in superconductivity.
NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement
January 13, 2022
Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study quantum entanglement and develop new error-correcting tools for quantum computation.
Rice research shows childhood abuse can lead to poor stress management, worse health in adults
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People who suffer abuse or neglect as children may have trouble managing stress later in life, a problem that’s linked to a host of negative health conditions, according to new research from Rice University.
Lost birds and mammals spell doom for some plants
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In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how biodiversity loss of birds and mammals will impact plants’ chances of adapting to human-induced climate warming.
Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade
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Grant will further enhance Rice’s reputation as a center for Africa and African diaspora studies, digital humanities
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