John Polking, influential mathematician and celebrated Rice educator, dies at 93
John C. Polking, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away June 28 at the age of 93.
Remembering Frank Fisher, pioneering Rice environmental scientist and beloved mentor
Frank Martin Fisher Jr., a Rice professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, passed away at the age of 95 on June 23.
Rice recently held a two-day Urban Sustainability Innovation Sprint and the opening reception for the Urban Sustainability Projects Portfolio at the Ion.
Extreme precipitation in Central Asia connected to drought in mainland Southeast Asia
Rice’s Na Wang and Sylvia Dee find extreme weather across Asia is connected and increasing in frequency.
Rice and Max Planck advance global leadership in quantum materials and technology
Rice and the Max Planck Society officially launched the Quantum Materials - Rice and Max Planck Partnership (Q-RaMP) June 19, aimed at supporting the identification and development of quantum materials that will support breakthroughs in sustainability, energy efficiency and quantum and classical information processing.
Rice and Houston Methodist award seed grants for translational cancer research
Rice’s Synthesis X Center and Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center have awarded $90,000 in seed grants as part of a new strategic collaboration.
Rice-led team reveals how trios of quantum particles form checkerboard patterns
Rice's Kaden Hazzard and his team recently developed a theory on how trions in quantum particles form and behave.
Physicists measure quantum entanglement of quantum critical metal
Rice’s Qimiao Si collaborated with researchers from TU Wien in an experiment that showed quantum entanglement of a quantum critical metal.
Rice experts available to discuss Mars travel logistics and space health questions raised by SpaceX IPO
Rice joins Houston’s Green Corridor with Sustainable Ecologies Installation
Rice joins the Green Corridor with the Rice-FIFA Sustainable Ecologies Installation, a temporary public-facing exhibit located in the oak groves near Entrance 1.
DUNE-TECH creates pathways for students in neutrino physics
Rice's DUNE Training ExperienCe recently completed its second year.
The heated history of the Houston meteorite
Rice researchers' analysis uncovers the history of the Houston meteorite.
Rice researchers recently published a paper in Science Advances showing that the nitrogen and phosphorus composition of iron meteorites are different from the composition found in later asteroids known as chondrites.
Sí se puede: Ship Channel bridge named for late Rice professor Richard Tapia
Houston’s Ship Channel bridge now honors the life and contributions of late Rice professor, Richard A. Tapia. The bridge, currently under construction as a new cable-stayed structure, was officially renamed the Dr. Richard A. Tapia Bridge during a dedication ceremony held May 26.
Rice physicists advance ways to retrieve matter’s quantum entanglement
Rice professor Qimiao Si developed a theory that could lead to not only better understanding of quantum entanglement in quantum materials but also more ready usage in macroscopic systems.