Rice bioengineers awarded $3.4M for project to end polio
Rice bioengineer Kevin McHugh has been awarded $3.4 million for a project to incorporate protection against polio into the combination vaccine that protects against five common and dangerous childhood diseases.
‘Pac-Man effect’ offers precise control for advanced materials design
Rice researchers show that exposing superparamagnetic colloids to a rotating magnetic field that reverses direction after each revolution generates a “Pac-Man effect” due to magnetic relaxation.
Rice is part of multiuniversity research team that has secured $34.9 million from ARPA-H to accelerate the development of a bioelectronic implant designed to revolutionize treatment for obesity and Type 2 diabetes, improving patient experience and outcomes while reducing the development and manufacturing costs.
‘A breakthrough year’ for art and engineering collaboration
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts recently hosted its first engineering undergraduate social, bringing together students from across different engineering departments for an afternoon of fun activities, including art-making stations, door prizes and free food.
New synthesis strategy could speed up PFAS decontamination
Rice engineers have developed an innovative way to make covalent organic frameworks, special materials that can be used to trap gases, filter water and speed up chemical reactions.
Rice’s school of engineering changes its name to reflect excellence in computing
Rice’s school of engineering has officially changed its name to the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing.
Ken Kennedy Institute’s annual conference informs the future of AI in health innovation
Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the third annual AI in Health Conference Sept. 9-12, welcoming over 470 participants to Houston to explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence.
Rice student team takes top prize in national competition with innovative medical device
A team of Rice engineering students was awarded the top prize in a prestigious national design competition for its innovative medical device for urological care.
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million from the NIH for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients.
Rice360 inaugurates conference on newborn, maternal health care innovation
Rice360 will host the first edition of Innovation for Day One Sept. 25-27.
$7.5M DOD grant backs ‘revolutionary’ multi-university research
Naomi Halas will lead a multi-university research project backed by a prestigious $7.5 million award from the Department of Defense.
Rice expert available to discuss House bill on workforce and AI
Rice’s Fred Oswald is available to comment on the Workforce for AI Trust Act.
Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past
Rice computer scientists have developed a way to improve the performance of artificial intelligence diffusion models.
Rice and MD Anderson launch initiative to advance cancer-focused operations research
Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of the Center for Operations Research in Cancer, a joint initiative to solve complex challenges in cancer care using data science to make better operational decisions.
Rice lab develops protein assembly road map for gas vesicles
Rice bioengineers developed a road map for the protein-protein interactions that give rise to gas vesicles, naturally occurring nanobubbles with potential use in biomedical applications.
