An unknown culprit has been removing oxygen from our atmosphere for at least 800,000 years, and an analysis of air bubbles preserved in Antarctic ice for up to 1.5 million years has revealed the likely suspect.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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Earth scientists from Rice University, Yale University and the University of Tokyo are offering a new answer to the long-standing question of how our planet acquired its oxygenated atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2016
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A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal across Nicaragua.
Environment
Mar 4, 2015
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Mother-of-pearl, the iridescent layer in the shells of some mollusks, inspired a Rice University study that will help scientists and engineers judge the ultimate strength, stiffness and toughness of composite materials for ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2015
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Concrete isn't thought of as a plastic, but plasticity at small scales boosts concrete's utility as the world's most-used material by letting it constantly adjust to stress, decades and sometimes even centuries after hardening. ...
Materials Science
Jan 3, 2017
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Rice University researchers who pioneered the development of laser-induced graphene have configured their discovery into flexible, solid-state microsupercapacitors that rival the best available for energy storage and delivery.
Materials Science
Dec 3, 2015
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Some materials are like people. Let them relax in the sun for a little while and they perform a lot better.
Materials Science
Apr 5, 2018
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Rare earth elements are hard to get and hard to recycle, but a flash of intuition led Rice University scientists toward a possible solution.
Materials Science
Feb 9, 2022
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Rice University physicists have gone to extremes to prove that Isaac Newton's classical laws of motion can apply in the atomic world: They've built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium.
Quantum Physics
Jan 24, 2012
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Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 4, 2011
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