Rice joins new alliance to advance Gulf Coast National Lab
Rice has joined a new alliance as a founding academic partner to advance plans for a Gulf Coast National Laboratory dedicated to accelerating the commercialization and deployment of energy and industrial technologies at scale.
Texas Life Science Forum draws more than 600 industry leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to Rice
Co-hosted by BioHouston and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, the forum, held at Rice University’s McNair Hall Nov. 10, focused on discussions about what’s happening and what’s next in advancing Texas’s life science discoveries toward patient impact.
Engineering electronics to disappear: Rice researcher explores future of temporary medical devices
Rice mechanical engineer Raudel Avila is helping address a fundamental challenge in the development of advanced materials and electronic systems with a particular focus on technologies that can interact with the human body.
Mexico Country Outlook 2027, published annually by the Baker Institute’s Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico, provides an in-depth assessment of the political, regulatory, economic and social forces shaping the country. The report identifies key developments for policymakers, business leaders and the public to watch in the coming year, concluding that Mexico faces more complicated challenges in 2027 than it did in 2026.
Rice researchers were among the scholars exploring the future of surgery at the 2026 Surgical Technology and Robotics Summit, held Oct. 26-30 at Houston Methodist.
Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center convened researchers, emergency management officials, community stakeholders and industry partners Nov. 5 to advance development of a Flood Early Warning System for the Texas Hill Country, designed to give communities more time to respond to dangerous flooding.
Rice political scientists to examine historic 2026 midterm election results
Rice political scientists host post-midterm election panel.
Rice Business takes No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship ranking for 8th consecutive year
Rice Business has been named the nation’s No. 1 graduate program for entrepreneurship for the eighth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This recognition reflects a universitywide ecosystem that connects rigorous entrepreneurship education with hands-on venture creation and helps students turn ideas into companies and impact.
Houston is growing yet falling behind: Rice study reveals lasting toll of oil crash
Houston has long been known for its booming economy, but new research from Rice suggests the region is still paying the price for an oil crash that happened more than a decade ago.
Recently, physicists, computer scientists and software engineers from around the world gathered at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for the first hands-on workshop on Phlex, the next-generation software framework being developed for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).
Texas lawmakers have taken important steps to improve maternal health, including extending postpartum Medicaid coverage and authorizing new initiatives to address nonmedical needs that affect pregnancy outcomes. But these policies alone do not guarantee better health. A new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy identifies opportunities for Texas to connect these initiatives, strengthen accountability and ensure that investments in maternal health translate into measurable improvements for mothers and families.
Quantum gas microscope: Interactions in a 3-component Hubbard system can be precisely controlled
An international team of researchers from Germany, Thailand, India, China and the United States has created a three-component Hubbard system with tunable interactions in the laboratory.
Rice breaks ground on the Arc in the Ion District, expanding Houston’s innovation ecosystem
Rice broke ground on the Arc in the Ion District, a nearly 200,000-square-foot research, corporate innovation and office building designed to bring researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and top talent together to accelerate innovation and move ideas from discovery to real-world application.
New CRISPR proteins expand editing access to heart disease genes
Rice's Han Xiao has used his AI-supported Sequence Display technology to expand the targeting abilities of CRISPR/Cas9.
When customers cross the line: Study reveals hidden toll of harassment on gig workers
New research examines how harassment affects workers in the gig economy and why having someone in their corner can make a difference.
