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Elusive Quantum Material Turns Out to Be Something Even Stranger
For decades, scientists have been searching for quantum spin liquids (QSLs) – materials thought to possess several special…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #QSLs #Quantumcomputers #quantumspin #quantumspinliquid #RiceUniversity #Science #specialproperties
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Elusive Quantum Material Turns Out to Be Something Even Stranger
For decades, scientists have been searching for quantum spin liquids (QSLs) – materials thought to possess several special…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #QSLs #Quantumcomputers #quantumspin #quantumspinliquid #RiceUniversity #Science #specialproperties
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Rice Global Paris Center to host AI conferences this spring and summer
Houston’s own Rice University will host a series of conferences on artificial intelligence in Paris, France, starting this…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #ai #aiconferences #artificialintelligence #blockchain #carolinelevander #parisaiconferences #riceglobalpariscenter #riceuniversity
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Hype for the Future 162L: The Museums of Greater Houston
Introduction Within the downtown and surrounding areas of the City of Houston are a cluster of notable museums attached to the citywide and regional culture, largely connected to history and the arts in most cases. Such museums are generally located to the southwest of the center of Downtown Houston and include the Museums of Health, Natural Science, Fine Arts, Contemporary Arts, the Holocaust, the Czech Society, Contemporary Craft, and African-American Culture. Outside the Museum […] -
https://www.europesays.com/people/8530/ SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts visits Rice University, condemns threats against federal judges – Houston Public Media #America250 #BakerInstituteForPublicPolicy #ChiefJustice #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts #court #DeclarationOfIndependence #JohnRoberts #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #national #News #Politics #RiceUniversity #SupremeCourt
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Fragmentation of the Narrative: Measuring Black Perspectives on American Race
Rice University study shows Black Americans have varied views on race, with 'racial realism' being a strong, long-term outlook. Learn how this affects their views.
#BlackPerspectives, #RacialRealism, #Sociology, #RiceUniversity, #USNews
https://newsletter.tf/rice-university-black-perspectives-on-race-study/
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A new study shows that 80% of Black adults see racist portrayals in news media, showing a big difference between what news says and what people feel.
#BlackPerspectives, #RacialRealism, #Sociology, #RiceUniversity, #USNews
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New Tech Tracks Living Brain Activity Noninvasively
Summary: Unlocking the secrets of the living brain often requires invasive surgery or expensive, static imaging. However, a…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #BBB #blood-brainbarrier #CA #Canada #GeneExpression #Genetics #Neuroscience #Neurotech #RiceUniversity #RMA
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/80098/ How This Delicious Fruit Hampers Reforestation in Madagascar #AmyDunham #GuavaFruits #LemursOfMadagascar #Madagascar #RanomafanaNationalPark #RiceUniversity #StrawberryGuava #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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💡💻 A #RiceUniversity graduate student realized that Thomas #Edison's original 1879 carbon-filament light bulbs were actually the perfect tools for making graphene.
By studying century-old patents, researchers found a way to reach the extreme temperatures needed to create this "miracle material" for #quantum #physics and next-gen computing.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70250188/miracle-computing-material-thomas-edison/
💁🏻♀️✨ Inside the West Orange lab of Thomas Edison https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/thomas-edison-lab-west-orange
#history #edison #science #innovation #engineering #tech #technology #discovery #future #research
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Data visualization tool by kids at my Alma mater #RiceUniversity
#Houston Chronicle wrote about it:
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/rice-students-ice-map-21319887.phpTool here:
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Edison wyprzedził Noblistów o 130 lat? W jego żarówkach powstawał grafen, ale nikt go nie widział
Grafen. Supermateriał XXI wieku, za którego odkrycie przyznano Nagrodę Nobla w 2010 roku. Jest w prototypach baterii, filtrach i marzeniach o futurystycznej elektronice. Okazuje się, że Thomas Edison produkował go seryjnie już w 1879 roku. Tylko o tym nie wiedział.
Eksperyment z przeszłości
Naukowcy z Rice University postanowili zabawić się w „archeologów chemii”. Zamiast wymyślać nowe metody syntezy, sięgnęli po patent Thomasa Edisona numer 223898 z 1880 roku. Edison, szukając idealnego materiału na żarnik do swojej żarówki, eksperymentował ze wszystkim – od tektury po… bambus. I to właśnie zwęglony bambus okazał się strzałem w dziesiątkę, świecąc przez ponad 1200 godzin.
Lucas Eddy, doktorant z Rice, odtworzył ten proces w laboratorium. Kupił rzemieślnicze żarówki z bambusowym włóknem (tak, można takie dostać w Nowym Jorku) i potraktował je prądem, dokładnie tak jak robił to słynny wynalazca.
Srebrzysty ślad
Metoda, którą nieświadomie stosował Edison, to dziś tzw. „flash Joule heating”. Polega ona na błyskawicznym (rzędu kilkunastu sekund) podgrzaniu węgla do temperatury 3000 stopni Celsjusza.
Gdy Eddy spojrzał na wynik pod nowoczesnym mikroskopem elektronowym, zobaczył coś niezwykłego. Zwęglony bambus nie był tylko czarnym węglem. Miejscami pokrywał go „lustrzany, srebrzysty nalot”. Analiza spektroskopowa potwierdziła: to grafen turbostratyczny.
Dlaczego Edison przegapił Nobla?
Odpowiedź jest prosta: brak narzędzi. Grafen to warstwa węgla o grubości jednego atomu. W 1879 roku nikt nie dysponował mikroskopem, który pozwoliłby go dostrzec. Zresztą nie był też Nagród Nobla, Alfred Nobel swój testament spisał w 1895 roku, a pierwsze Noble trafiły do laureatów w 1901 roku. Wracając do Edisona, dla niego był to po prostu „efekt uboczny” procesu zwęglania. Co więcej, gdyby te żarówki świeciły dłużej, grafen i tak zamieniłby się z powrotem w zwykły grafit, bo w wysokiej temperaturze i przy długiej pracy warstwy węgla zaczynają się ponownie układać w strukturę objętościową.
Wnioski na przyszłość
Odkrycie z Rice University to coś więcej niż ciekawostka historyczna. Pokazuje, że w starych technologiach – lampach łukowych, pierwszych lampach rentgenowskich czy telegrafach – mogą kryć się odpowiedzi na współczesne problemy inżynierii materiałowej. Czasem wystarczy po prostu spojrzeć na stare patenty przez nowe mikroskopy.
#grafen #historiaWynalazków #JamesTour #news #RiceUniversity #ThomasEdison #żarówkaBambusowa
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PFAS breakthrough at Rice University https://www.byteseu.com/1714150/ #breakthrough #ForeverChemicals #KAIST #Perflouroalkyl #PFAS #PFOS #Polyflouroalkyl #RiceUniversity #Science #toxins #Water
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🎉 Breaking news: Scientists have finally discovered that physics can actually improve things! Who knew? 🤯 Meanwhile, Rice University continues its unparalleled streak of creating headlines that sound like the opening crawl from a sci-fi film. 🚀
https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/sharper-mri-scans-may-be-horizon-thanks-new-physics-based-model #BreakingNews #SciencePhysics #Innovation #RiceUniversity #SciFiHeadlines #HackerNews #ngated -
49ers rocked by injuries: Harrell out for 2025–26 season | Sports https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/410743/ #49ers #92.7Wfnz #ByrumBrown #charlotte #coach #ConnerHarrell #DukeUniversity #FbsQuarterback #Football #GraysonLoftis #HeadCoach #HenryRutledge #Injuries #injury #JuniorQuarterback #LegInjury #LowerBodyInjury #NFL #quarterback #RiceUniversity #RunningBack #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SeniorQuarterback #SouthFlorida #Tampa #TimAlbin #UniversityOfSouthFlorida #ZachWilcke
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49ers rocked by injuries: Harrell out for 2025–26 season | Sports https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/410743/ #49ers #92.7Wfnz #ByrumBrown #charlotte #coach #ConnerHarrell #DukeUniversity #FbsQuarterback #Football #GraysonLoftis #HeadCoach #HenryRutledge #Injuries #injury #JuniorQuarterback #LegInjury #LowerBodyInjury #NFL #quarterback #RiceUniversity #RunningBack #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SeniorQuarterback #SouthFlorida #Tampa #TimAlbin #UniversityOfSouthFlorida #ZachWilcke
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Flash heating extracts rare earths from e-waste with 90% yield
A team of researchers led by Rice University’s James Tour and Shichen Xu has unveiled a lightning-fast method…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #Circulareconomy #flashJouleheating #IsaacXu #magnetwaste #rareearthelements #REErecycling #RiceUniversity #Science #sustainablerecycling
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Flash heating extracts rare earths from e-waste with 90% yield
A team of researchers led by Rice University’s James Tour and Shichen Xu has unveiled a lightning-fast method…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Circulareconomy #flashJouleheating #IsaacXu #magnetwaste #rareearthelements #REErecycling #RiceUniversity #Science #sustainablerecycling
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Dean Connors spent the last three football seasons at Rice University. Now he plays for the University of Houston. That will add a twist to Saturday's Bayou Bucket game, which could be the rivals' last meeting for a while.
#Houston #Local #News #Sports #BayouBucket #DeanConnors #RiceStadium #RiceUniversity #UHAthletics #UniversityOfHoustonFootball
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Rice University political scientist Robert M. “Bob” Stein died Friday, July 18, at the age of 75.
#Education #EducationNews #Elections #News #Obituary #Politics #Voting #BakerInstituteForPublicPolicy #LeadershipEducation #RiceUniversity #UrbanPolitics
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The cost of housing in the Houston area has continued to grow for both renters and homeowners, while income levels struggle to keep up, according to a new study by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
#Economy #Finances #HarrisCounty #Housing #Houston #Local #News #HoustonHousing #HoustonIncome #HoustonRealEstateMarket #HoustonRentals #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #RiceUniversity
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A recently released survey shows that about 45% of Harris County residents could not come up with $400 for an unexpected emergency, signaling a significant level of financial insecurity in the Houston region.
#Economy #Finances #FortBend #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #FinancialSecurity #FinancialStruggle #HoustonFinances #KinderHoustonAreaSurvey #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #RiceUniversity
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/169186/ Discovery about outer solar system during set-up up of planetarium show shocks astronomers #AmericanMuseumOfNaturalHistory #AndreIzidoro #CarterEmmart #DavidNesvorny #EncountersInTheMilkyWay #JackieFaherty #JonParker #MilkyWay #OortCloud #PedroPascal #pluto #RiceUniversity #Sagittarius #Science #SouthwestResearchInstitute #Space #TheAstrophysicalJournal #UK #UnitedKingdom
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A Rice University political science professor recently expressed concerns about the forthcoming Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office -- also known as the state's version of "DOGE."
#Business #HoustonMatters #News #Politics #Texas #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #DOGE #GovernorGregAbbott #RiceUniversity #TexasDOGE #TexasRegulatoryEfficiencyOffice
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The Trump administration is reinstating student visa records for an undisclosed number of international students whose legal status was changed over the last few weeks. Among those to have their visas restored are students at Rice and UH.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Texas #Deportation #Government #HigherEducation #RiceUniversity #UniversityOfHouston #Visas
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New DFloat11 Technique Offers 30% Lossless Compression for LLMs, Easing Hardware Demands
#AI #AIResearch #DFloat11 #LLMs #LLMcompression #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BF16 #Inference #RiceUniversity #xMADai
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New DFloat11 Technique Offers 30% Lossless Compression for LLMs, Easing Hardware Demands
#AI #AIResearch #DFloat11 #LLMs #LLMcompression #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BF16 #Inference #RiceUniversity #xMADai
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New DFloat11 Technique Offers 30% Lossless Compression for LLMs, Easing Hardware Demands
#AI #AIResearch #DFloat11 #LLMs #LLMcompression #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BF16 #Inference #RiceUniversity #xMADai
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New DFloat11 Technique Offers 30% Lossless Compression for LLMs, Easing Hardware Demands
#AI #AIResearch #DFloat11 #LLMs #LLMcompression #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BF16 #Inference #RiceUniversity #xMADai
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New DFloat11 Technique Offers 30% Lossless Compression for LLMs, Easing Hardware Demands
#AI #AIResearch #DFloat11 #LLMs #LLMcompression #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BF16 #Inference #RiceUniversity #xMADai
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Rice University has announced a strategic plan to expand its student population by nearly 30% by 2028.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #HigherEducation #HoustonUniversities #RiceUniversity #RiceUniversityGrowth
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Harvard Gazette: SlaveVoyages finds new home at Harvard. “SlaveVoyages was the result of nearly four decades of scholarly contributions, with researchers from multiple institutions working painstakingly to digitize handwritten records from archives worldwide. Today, its multisource dataset, currently housed at Rice University, features information on more than 30,000 slaving vessels that […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/harvard-gazette-slavevoyages-finds-new-home-at-harvard/
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More Houston-area residents than not are against using state funds to pay for Texas students’ private school tuition, according to a study released this week by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #GovGregAbbott #KinderInstitute #PrivateSchoolVouchers #RiceUniversity #TexasLegislature #TexasSchoolVouchers
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The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Houston's Rice University and 44 other U.S. institutions surrounding claims they discriminate against students by using racial preferences and stereotypes.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #National #News #DEI #EducationInvestigation #RiceUniversity #TexasUniversities #USDepartmentOfEducation
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About one-third of Harris County residents said they could “sustain themselves on savings alone for 3 months or more,” according to a new study by Rice University's Kinder Institute.
#Finances #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #FinancialSecurity #HoustonIncome #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #RiceUniversity #UnitedWayOfGreaterHouston
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A Rice University student was named one of 32 U.S. recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship— and the only Texas student to receive the award this year.
#Education #EducationNews #News #HoustonStudents #RhodesScholarship #RiceStudents #RiceUniversity
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Several years after the state legislature revamped pre-K programs across Texas, research shows pre-K can help prepare Houston-area children for elementary school.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #HoustonPreK #HoustonPreKindergarten #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #RiceUniversity #TexasHouseBill3
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Ominous messages from the past. #Houston #riceuniversity
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A Rice University study has found that victims of a hate crime in Harris County are not likely to tell police because they believe nothing will be done.
#Crime #HarrisCounty #Local #News #FederalHateCrimeLaws #HateCrimesInTexas #HoustonPoliceDepartment #HoustonPopulationResearchCenter #RiceUniversity #RiceUniversityKinderInstituteForUrbanResearch
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In their first game of the season, Rice University Owls on Saturday will sport helmet decals in honor of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a pre-law student who was murdered in her dorm room earlier this week.
#Education #News #Sports #CollegeFootball #Rice #RiceOwls #RiceUniversity
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In their first game of the season, Rice University Owls on Saturday will sport helmet decals in honor of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a pre-law student who was murdered in her dorm room earlier this week.
#Education #News #Sports #CollegeFootball #Rice #RiceOwls #RiceUniversity
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In their first game of the season, Rice University Owls on Saturday will sport helmet decals in honor of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a pre-law student who was murdered in her dorm room earlier this week.
#Education #News #Sports #CollegeFootball #Rice #RiceOwls #RiceUniversity
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In their first game of the season, Rice University Owls on Saturday will sport helmet decals in honor of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a pre-law student who was murdered in her dorm room earlier this week.
#Education #News #Sports #CollegeFootball #Rice #RiceOwls #RiceUniversity
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In their first game of the season, Rice University Owls on Saturday will sport helmet decals in honor of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a pre-law student who was murdered in her dorm room earlier this week.
#Education #News #Sports #CollegeFootball #Rice #RiceOwls #RiceUniversity
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Rice University apparent murder-suicide highlights deadly link between guns and domestic violence
#Crime #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #DomesticViolence #HoustonAreaWomenSCenter #RiceUniversity #SuspectedMurderSuicide
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[Video] #Female #student #murdered at #RiceUniversity in #Texas.
A #female #student the #Texas #University was #shot and #killed on #Monday by a #man #authorities said she had been in a "#dating #relationship" with.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #HigherEducation #Femicide #Hate #Bigotry #Misogyny #GunViolence #DomesticViolence
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/female-student-rice-university-killed-113174181
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Rice researchers develop innovative #BatteryRecycling method
A research team at #RiceUniversity led by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is tackling the environmental issue of efficiently recycling #lithiumIon batteries amid their increasing use.
"The team has pioneered a new method to extract purified active materials from battery waste as detailed in the journal Nature Communications on July 24. Their findings have the potential to facilitate the effective separation and recycling of valuable battery materials at a minimal fee, contributing to a greener production of electric vehicles (#EVs).
"'With the surge in battery use, particularly in EVs, the need for developing sustainable #recycling methods is pressing,' Tour said.
"Conventional recycling techniques typically involve breaking down battery materials into their elemental forms through energy-intensive thermal or chemical processes that are costly and have significant #environmental impacts.
"The team proposed that magnetic properties could facilitate the separation and purification of spent battery materials.
"Their innovation uses a method known as solvent-free flash Joule heating (#FJH). This technique devised by Tour involves passing a current through a moderately resistive material to rapidly heat and transform it into other substances.
"Using FJH, the researchers heated battery waste to 2,500 Kelvin within seconds, creating unique features with magnetic shells and stable core structures. The magnetic separation allowed for efficient purification.
"During the process, the #cobalt-based battery cathodes — typically used in EVs and associated with high financial, environmental and social costs — unexpectedly showed magnetism in the outer spinel cobalt oxide layers, allowing for easy separation.
"The researchers’ approach resulted in a high battery metal recovery yield of 98% with the value of battery structure maintained.
"'Notably, the metal impurities were significantly reduced after separation while preserving the structure and functionality of the materials,' Tour said. “The bulk structure of battery materials remains stable and is ready to be reconstituted into new cathodes.'
"Rice graduate students Weiyin Chen and Jinhang Chen as well as postdoctoral researcher and Rice Academy Junior Fellow Yi Cheng are the co-lead authors of the study."
https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/rice-researchers-develop-innovative-battery-recycling-method
#LithiumBatteries #Recycle #Reuse #NoLithiumMining #NoCobaltMining #BatteryRecycling
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"Night of Decadence," the annual underwear-themed party held at Rice University for more than 50 years, has been scrapped by officials at the prestigious Houston private school.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #AlcoholAbuse #CollegeCampuses #NightOfDecadence #RiceUniversity #WeissResidentialCollege
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Rice University was awarded $90 million from the National Science Foundation to build a large research hub with the goal of transformational learning and research for teachers and students.
#Education #Houston #Local #News #Technology #NationalScienceFoundation #OpenStax #RiceUniversity
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Rice University in Houston is home to one of the world's foremost experts on total solar eclipses. Longtime astronomy and physics professor Patricia Reiff has experienced 17 of them and has plans to witness the next one on April 8.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #PopCulture #Space #Nasa #PathOfTotality #PatriciaReiff #RiceUniversity #SolarEclipse #TotalEclipse