CPRIT leaders enjoy campus tour showcasing cancer research initiatives and capabilities
Senior officials from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas visited Rice Nov.11 for a firsthand, comprehensive look at the university’s cancer-focused collaborative research initiatives and innovation-driven facilities and labs.
Rice hosts workshop and winter school to advance quantum materials research
Rice’s Center for Quantum Materials and Smalley-Curl Institute recently held two successive events aimed at advancing the field of quantum materials research.
Workshop highlights ‘pivotal moment’ for future of AI in space exploration
The In-Space Physical AI Workshop convened top scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government leaders to explore the role of AI in space exploration.
Rice WaTER Institute and Yokogawa partner on autonomous water treatment
Rice’s WaTER Institute and Yokogawa Corporation of America announced a new partnership in support of modular autonomous water treatment and reuse processes.
Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute names David Pynadath new executive director for research initiatives
The Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University has named David Pynadath as its new executive director for research initiatives.
Rice discovery taps ‘hot carriers’ for on-demand, emissions-free hydrogen and catalyst regeneration
Rice researchers have developed a new photocatalyst that could render steam methane reforming entirely emissions-free and extend catalyst lifetimes.
The Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health (ENRICH) at Rice University and The Bookout Center at Houston Methodist hosted the first joint faculty engagement event aimed at fostering collaboration between researchers at the two institutions.
Rice bioengineers shed light on dosing challenges for cancer immunotherapy
A team of Rice bioengineers has developed a mathematical model that clarifies why interleukin-12 ⎯ a potent immune-boosting protein that holds promise for cancer treatment ⎯ loses effectiveness over time when used as an immunotherapeutic.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts leading Rice bioengineer at health care innovation summit
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh joined U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, in conversation at Crenshaw’s annual event showcasing health care innovation.
Rice, Texas Medical Center institutions jointly award seed grants
Rice, together with Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Academic Institute, has awarded seed grants in support of research on health equity and digital health.
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative hosts kickoff event, awards first round of seed grants
Leaders and researchers from Rice and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center came together this month to celebrate the launch of the Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative, first announced earlier this summer.
Reactor developed at Rice could make direct air capture more energy efficient
Rice researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption and cost for direct air capture.
Newborn and maternal health experts, innovators and community leaders from around the world gathered at the inaugural “Innovation for Day One” conference hosted by the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies. Conference attendees convened to take collective action on solving one of the most pressing global health challenges: improving maternal and newborn health in resource-limited settings.
Rice has launched RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio designed to rapidly build companies based on lifesaving medical technologies developed out of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad.
Event to showcase AI-powered robots and technologies for space exploration Nov. 4-5
Rice’s Office of Innovation, in partnership with NASA, Purdue University and the Ion District, will host the In-Space Physical AI Workshop Nov. 4-5.
