Rice and NASA launch world’s first open-source remote space robotics simulator
Researchers at NASA and Rice have launched the the world’s first open-source dynamic simulation environment to develop robots used in space vehicles and indoor space habitats.
New detector design has potential to expand search for dark matter
Rice researchers’ detector concept uses engineered semiconductor materials to search for axions in a range of possible masses that has remained difficult to probe with existing experiments.
Listening through a network: A new view of how the cochlea processes sound
Rice researchers developed a new way to model how the cochlea processes incoming sound using graph signal processing, which could shed light on what happens as hearing deteriorates with age and make possible better assistive technologies for people with hearing loss.
How do bilingual brains navigate between languages? Scientists discover ‘geometric neural map’
A new study by researchers at Rice and Baylor reveals that the brain maintains a geometric neural “map” for meaning that allows multilingual speakers to express themselves across languages.
Digital Health Institute welcomes French delegation to explore pathways to collaboration
The Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute recently welcomed Frank Marchetti, Consul General of France in Houston, and his team to discuss health care innovation and avenues for international collaboration.
AI crashed a Paris wine tasting and that was the point
The ‘Human Flourishing in the Age of AI’ conference tackles how AI is quietly reshaping what it means to live a fully human life.
Over the course of seven days, Rice’s presidential delegation crossed two countries and held meetings with many prominent universities, research institutions and government leaders.
Converting matte surfaces into virtual screens enhances machine vision
Rice researchers and collaborators developed a computational imaging method that uses a laser and a high-speed camera to capture complex scenes in three dimensions with exceptional speed and accuracy.
Rice engineering students turn stroke rehab into interactive gameplay
A team of Rice mechanical and electrical engineering students has developed an interactive, modular rehabilitation system designed to make stroke recovery more engaging, adaptable and effective for patients at home.
Clinical trial seeks to advance intuitive assistive robotics for people with paralysis
Rice, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, will join BrainGate, a consortium of universities and academic medical centers working on creating brain-computer interface technologies.
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light with an efficiency two to three orders of magnitude greater than conventional materials.
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from.
From campus classrooms to commencement stage: Rice faculty, staff celebrate their own graduates
As more than 1,360 students crossed the stage at Rice during the university’s largest undergraduate commencement ceremony in history, the celebration at Rice Stadium was especially personal for a number of faculty and staff members watching from the stands — and in several cases, standing on stage to hand their own children a diploma.
AI-powered handheld microscope aims to spot cancer earlier
Researchers at Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a compact, artificial intelligence-powered imaging device that could transform how clinicians detect cancer.
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have renewed their joint Superfund Research Program with a nearly $15 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to advance detection, health research and cleanup technologies for a class of hazardous pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
