Election security expert to address voting issues in Rice webinar
Dan Wallach, a Rice University professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, will hold a Zoom webinar on “Adventures in Voting Security Research” Oct. 15 at 4 p.m.
Literal rise of the internet enables new climate science
Collaborative National Science Foundation grants will use data from internet balloons to study atmospheric gravity waves and their influence on the weather and climate.
New Nobel laureate has Rice on resume
Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose is now a Nobel laureate, but once upon a time, he was Rice's Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics.
There’s a reason bacteria stay in shape
A primal mechanism in bacteria that keeps them in their personal Goldilocks zones -- that is, just right -- appears to depend on two random means of regulation, growth and division, that cancel each other out. The same mechanism may give researchers a new perspective on disease, including cancer.
Deep learning gives drug design a boost
A computational tool created at Rice University may help pharmaceutical companies expand their ability to investigate the safety of drugs.
Karl Ecklund named American Physical Society Fellow
Karl Ecklund, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Rice helps give Houston early COVID-19 warnings
Scientists and statisticians at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering have worked long hours for months to help the city of Houston monitor the spread of COVID-19 through traces of the coronavirus found in wastewater treatment plants.
Fast calculation dials in better batteries
A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers.
Rice backs studies of race, anti-racism
The Race and Anti-Racism Research Fund at Rice University has awarded grants to eight professors to develop better understanding of how race, racism and racial injustice affect society.
Gentle probes could enable massive brain data collection
The National Institutes of Health is backing a Rice project to continue the development of flexible nanoelectronic thread to gather information from neurons. The implants could help find therapies for neurological disorders.
Funding flows into liquid fuel strategy
The National Science Foundation awards a $2 million collaborative grant for the development of methods to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels.
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Rice researchers show how thermoelectricity hurdles some defects, but not others, in gold nanowires. The discovery has implications for making better thin-film electronic devices.
Three research teams earn Dunn Awards
Three teams of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have been named winners of the 2020 John S. Dunn Collaborative Research Awards.
Ambient light alters refraction in 2D material
Microscopic crystals in tantalum disulfide have a starring role in what could become a hit for 3D displays, virtual reality and even self-driving vehicles.
Pope picks Rice professor for science academy
Rice University physicist José Onuchic has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
