RYDBERG 2 (IMAGE) Rice University Caption A team of physicists at Rice University has learned to manipulate electrons in gigantic Rydberg atoms with such precision they can create “synthetic dimensions.” From left, back row: Soumya Kanungo, Sohail Dasgupta, Kaden Hazzard and Yi Lu, and front, Barry Dunning and Tom Killian. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.