Molecular jackhammers’ ‘good vibrations’ eradicate cancer cells
December 19, 2023
Rice University scientists and collaborators at Texas A&M University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new way to kill cancer cells by using near-infrared light to make a small dye molecule attached to their membrane vibrate strongly. It is the first time this kind of mechanical molecular action has been used as a potential therapy.
Duke-Makerere team claims first place in Rice360 design competition
April 17, 2024
A team of undergraduate students from Duke University and Makerere University won the top prize at the Rice360 Institute’s annual Global Health Technologies Design Competition as 24 international teams representing seven countries participated in the event April 12.
2024 Huff Engineering Design Showcase winners announced
April 15, 2024
The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice’s premier undergraduate engineering makerspace, announced the winners of its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff Engineering Design Showcase and competition, which took place April 11 at the Ion, during an award ceremony following the event.
Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies
April 11, 2024
TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
April 5, 2024
A team of researchers from Rice University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and testing their theory in chemical reactions.