NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students
April 22, 2022
The National Science Foundation has awarded 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice University students.
April 22, 2022
Rice scientists have developed an acid-based solvent that simplifies carbon nanotube processing.
Rice trains postdocs for nano-cancer future
April 22, 2022
The National Institutes of Health extend a grant to help future medical professionals understand nanotechnology-enabled tools to treat cancer.
Stroke analysis project wins Spring D2K Showcase
April 21, 2022
Deep learning can be a tool to help those who suffer strokes discover their risk of having another. That idea won the top capstone prize in the Spring D2K Showcase.
Breadboard wins Engineering Design Showcase
April 21, 2022
Breadboard’s hands-free electric longboard won the top prize in the George R. Brown Engineering Design Showcase.
Engineering showcase in person again at Rice
April 18, 2022
Rice University students will show off their inventions at the annual George R. Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase on April 21.
Lithium’s narrow paths limit batteries
April 18, 2022
Study suggests that lithium batteries would benefit from more porous electrodes with better-aligned particles that don’t limit lithium distribution.
Rice lab improves recipe for valuable chemical
April 18, 2022
Rice University theorists show why salt gives a significant speed boost to valuable 2D molybdenum disulfide, an effect they say may work for other 2D materials as well.
Inspired students make intubation more intuitive
April 13, 2022
Rice University engineering students develop a simplified, wireless video laryngoscope to help clinicians intubate patients before procedures or in an emergency.
April 11, 2022
The ConocoPhillips Applied Mathematics Program at Rice hosts teachers for its year-ending AMPosium!
Kaiyuan Yang wins NSF CAREER Award
April 7, 2022
Electrical and computer engineer Kaiyuan Yang wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
A new view for science and engineering
April 6, 2022
Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, toured the construction site of the new Engineering and Science Building on April 5.
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
April 5, 2022
Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.
Living sensor research wins federal backing
April 4, 2022
Rice researchers are leading a federally funded project to improve communications between microelectronics and microorganisms.
Blood vessels are guides for stimulating implants
March 31, 2022
A wireless neurostimulator a little bigger than a grain of rice can be put in place alongside blood vessels to treat neurological diseases and chronic pain.