Mike Williams

Grain boundaries go with the flow

Rice engineers mimic atom-scale grain boundaries with magnetic particles to see how shear stress influences their movement.

Bacteria-killing drills get an upgrade

Rice scientists have created light-activated molecular drills that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade

Rice University chemists, working with the Ford Motor Company, processes waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.

CPRIT grants entice three cancer researchers to Rice

Rice University recruits three professors to bolster cancer research with grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Getting ourselves back to the garden

A prairie garden at Rice University demonstrates the benefits of replacing manicured lawns with resilient plants and grasses that need little maintenance and help protect the environment.

DAP array casts a wide net to fix mutations

Rice engineers introduce DAP, a streamlined CRISPR-based technology that can perform many genome edits at once to address polygenic diseases caused by more than one glitch.

Rice chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer

A theoretical framework by Rice University scientists shows how to increase the odds of identifying cancer-causing mutations before tumors take hold. They demonstrate that only a few energetically favorable pathways are likely to lead to cancer.

Sophisticated fluid mechanics model is on a roll

Engineers at Rice and Waseda universities produce a video simulation to illustrate the complex aerodynamics around a moving car and its tires.

Crystal study may resolve DNA mystery

Rice University bioscientists have uncovered a tiny detail that could help understand how DNA replicates with such astounding accuracy.

Graduate student gets call to Brookhaven

Graduate student Dale Lowder has been selected by the Department of Energy to work and study at Brookhaven National Laboratory this fall.

Daniel Preston wins NSF CAREER Award

Daniel Preston wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop textile-based wearable robots.

Rice Architecture faculty among New York’s finest

Rice Architecture's Wortham Fellows are among recipients of this year's Architectural League of New York Prize for Young Architects.

Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater

Engineers develop a high-performance nanowire catalyst that pulls ammonia and solid ammonia (fertilizer) from nitrate in wastewater.

Dogtrot destined to help solve housing issues

Rice Architecture Construct shows off its Auxiliary ADU, an energy-efficient accessory dwelling unit in Houston’s First Ward.

Rice biologist wins NIH early career award

Durre Muhammad, a Rice Academy postdoctoral fellow, has won a prestigious NIH award to pursue her research plant biology.