Baker Institute-led group to develop nationwide protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has initiated a working group to develop a United States protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon in their soil. Rice experts quoted are Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center; and Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Green Car Congress
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-blackburn-medlock
Scientists show point defects in cathode crystals may speed lithium absorption
An article features Rice research into the theoretical calculations about specific defects in the crystalline lattice of lithium iron phosphate-based cathodes, which could improve performance by up to two orders of magnitude. Rice materials scientist Ming Tang, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Kaiqi Yang are quoted. Alumnus Liang Hong is mentioned. A Rice video is included.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-tang
Breakthrough in ‘distributed deep learning’
An article mentions that computer scientists from Rice and Amazon have shown they can slash the amount of time and computational resources it takes to train computers. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, and graduate student Tharun Medini are quoted.
Science Daily (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-shrivastava
Why the paper on the CRISPR babies stayed secret for so long
An article about gene editing in humans mentions Michael Deem, the John W. Cox Professor of Biochemical and Genetic Engineering and a professor of physics and astronomy, and that He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed he produced the first genetically engineered twins, attended Rice.
MIT Technology Review (A similar article also appeared in IATransHumanisMe.com.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-deem
Underwater cables could double as seismic sensors
Collaborative research that suggests the fiber-optic cables that make up the global undersea telecommunications network may help assess offshore earthquakes is featured. Co-author Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
Spatial Source
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ajo-franklin
BWW Feature: Grace Field in concert at Milton Theatre
Alumna Grace Field is featured and pictured.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-field
Do expats make the best corporate ambassadors?
Rice research is mentioned.
The Horizons Tracker
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ht |
![NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL What happened to Texas’ tilt from red to blue? That’s a gray area Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, […]](https://news2.rice.edu/files/2015/08/DATELINE5-36x36.jpg "Dateline Rice for Oct. 4, 2021 (Weekend Edition)"){kind=small}
