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News & Events

Venus TransitHundreds visit campus to see twice in a lifetime event
On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, the planet Venus passed in front of the Sun and was visible as a small black circle marching across the solar disk.
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Higgs AnnouncementRice physicists help discover new particle that may be Higgs
Rice University physicists participating in the search for the elusive Higgs particle joined their colleagues at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) today in announcing the observation of a never-before-seen particle.
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ChemotaxisChemotaxis Explained
Rice biophysicist, Professor Herbert Levine, explains the physics of chemotaxis, the process of cells following chemical gradients, in an article in Physics Today
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