Jade Boyd

Plasmonics conference showcases Rice for international audience

Some 250 researchers attended the 10th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP10) at Rice May 21-26.

Ancient viruses discovered in coral symbionts’ DNA

Rice bioscientists have discovered fragments of ancient RNA viruses in the genomes of the symbiotic organisms that live inside corals and provide them with their dramatic colors.

Neuroengineering’s InterfaceRice 2023 conference draws 160-plus

More than 160 leaders in neurotechnology, neuroscience, neuroengineering and neurosurgery attended InterfaceRice 2023, the inaugural conference of the Rice Neuroengineering Initiative, May 18-19.

Rice, Baylor developing ‘glyco-immune’ checkpoint inhibitor

Researchers from Rice and Baylor College of Medicine are developing a first-of-its-kind “glyco-immune” checkpoint inhibitor for breast cancer survivors who develop metastatic bone cancer.

Rice mourns longtime Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79

The Rice community is mourning the loss of Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79, who died May 9 at age 65.

Physicists discover ‘stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism’

Physicists from Rice and Ames National Laboratory have discovered “stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism” in layered helical magnetic materials.

​​​​​​​Rice’s Office of Innovation partners with Carbon and TyRex Group

Rice’s Office of Innovation is partnering with two companies to make additive manufacturing equipment and expertise an integral part of its initiative to provide campuswide access to prototyping and design facilities.

Duncan, Spiegel honored at Rice360 awards breakfast

The Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies presented its 2023 Global Champion Award to philanthropist Jan Duncan and its 2023 Alumni Leadership Award to physician Elizabeth Spiegel ’11 at its graduate recognition and awards breakfast May 5.

Slagle lab creating algorithms to simulate quantum chemistry dynamics

Electrical and Computer Engineering's Kevin Slagle is developing better computer algorithms to simulate quantum chemistry dynamics thanks to a research grant from the Welch Foundation.

Fish thought to help reefs have poop that’s deadly to corals

Rice bioscientists have discovered the feces of fish that were long thought to promote healthy reefs can damage and, in some cases, kill corals.

32 Rice students, alums win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 32 current, incoming and former Rice students, and selected another six for honorable mention.

Rice mourns passing of Manik Talwani

Rice is mourning the death of Manik Talwani, professor emeritus in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.

Physicists find unusual waves in nickel-based magnet

Rice physicists and collaborators have discovered “spin exciton” excitations can ripple through a nickel-based magnet as a coherent wave.

Alex Dessler, founding father of Rice space science, dies at 94

Pioneering space scientist Alexander Dessler, who taught at Rice University for 30 years after founding the first university department dedicated to the study of space science at the height of the U.S.-Soviet space race, died April 9 at age 94.

Ocean warming intensifies viral outbreaks within corals

A groundbreaking three-year study has found evidence that ocean warming can trigger outbreaks of viruses that attack the symbiotic algae inside corals.