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Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize

June 24th, 2020

Rice chemist James Tour has won a Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize. The award, given annually to up to three scientists from outside Great Britain, recognizes researchers for their contributions to the chemical sciences industry or education and for successful collaborations. Tour was named for innovations in materials chemistry with applications in medicine and nanotechnology.http://dateline.rice/june-24-news-release-tour

AM 860 (Portland, Oregon)

April 24th, 2020

James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is interviewed. Mainly covering origin of life science. This program was broadcast nationally on many talk and Christian radio stations. http://dateline.rice/april-24-tour

Best Life: Killing superbugs with a tiny tool — medicine’s next big thing?

April 23rd, 2020

‘Action News A.M.’WMC-TV (Memphis, Tennessee)http://dateline.rice/april-23-tour https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2130&DateTime=4/23/2020+5:55:11+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=2130&playclip=True&RefPage=&pbc=WatchlistTerm:1599598

Best Life: Killing superbugs with a tiny tool — medicine’s next big thing?

April 23rd, 2020

An article features Rice research into developing motorized molecules that can kill antibiotic-resistant microbes. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted and interviewed.WMC 5 Onlinehttp://dateline.rice/april-23-tour https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/04/23/best-life-killing-superbugs-with-tiny-tool-medicines-next-big-thing/

New technology can convert the garbage into graphene and the manufacturing process takes only a few milliseconds

April 8th, 2020

An article features pioneering research from Rice scientists that can create flash graphene from any carbon source. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, are […]

Still clueless about the origin of life

March 27th, 2020

James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, authored an op-ed.Evolution Newshttp://dateline.rice/march-27-tourhttps://evolutionnews.org/2020/03/still-clueless-about-the-origin-of-life/

Finally, an origin-of-life scientist debates skeptic James Tour

March 24th, 2020

James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is featured.Evolution Newshttp://dateline.rice/march-24-tour

Little beam on a microscope makes laser-induced graphene

February 28th, 2020

An article features Rice research into developing a method to create laser-induced graphene with features more than 60% smaller than macro versions and almost 10 times smaller than typically achieved with an infrared laser. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and […]

Low-powered laser produces smaller graphene features

February 28th, 2020

An article features Rice research into developing a method to create laser-induced graphene with features more than 60% smaller than macro versions and almost 10 times smaller than typically achieved with an infrared laser. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and […]

New experimental process turns food waste into graphene for batteries

February 28th, 2020

An article features pioneering research from Rice scientists that can create flash graphene from any carbon source. Ride http://dateline.rice/feb-24-ride https://ride.tech/electric-and-hybrid/new-experimental-process-turns-food-waste-into-graphene-for-batteries/

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