History

Spin-charge separation in 1D quantum gas

Rice physicists build “Rydberg polarons” out of strontium atoms

Rice establishes the Smalley-Curl Institute to champion quantum and nano research.

Pioneering theory on strong correlations in iron pnictide high-Tc superconductors

A train of solitons is made out of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Plasmonic particles of gold nanoshells demonstrated for the first time

Rice's Rick Smalley and Bob Curl are awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. They share the prize with Harold Kroto, then of the University of Sussex.

Rice scientists observe Bose-Einstein Condensation in an atomic gas.

The unique, interdisciplinary Applied Physics PhD program is created.

Rice Pulse Power Lab opens in the Space Science basement

Researchers at Rice discover buckminsterfullerene, a sixty carbon soccer-ball shaped molecule.

Rice faculty from seven departments create the Rice Quantum Institute.