A 'neuroshield' could protect citizens from artificial intelligence
Steps to regulate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enhanced social media are needed to protect people from AI “hacking” our interpersonal relationships and collective intelligence, says Harris Eyre, fellow in brain health at the Baker Institute.
Six Owls named to NABC Honors Court
Travis Evee, Max Fiedler, Ben Moffat, Reed Myers, Quincy Olivari, and Cameron Sheffield have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
OpenStax unveils new project to drive equity in education
OpenStax, an educational initiative from Rice University, unveiled a project designed to solve one of the trickiest challenges in education research: facilitating research projects about equity in education while also preserving student privacy and protecting sensitive learner demographic data.
Rice’s James Pomerantz receives top honor in cognitive psychology
James Pomerantz , a professor emeritus of psychological sciences at Rice University, is a recipient of the Psychonomic Society’s Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award.
Rice hones students’ skills at Creative Writing Camp
Rice hosted students in grades K-12 for the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies’ annual Creative Writing Camp this summer, providing young learners with opportunities to sharpen their writing skills.
Rice researchers earn prestigious Defense Department grants
Rice professors Qimiao Si and Jeffrey Tabor are recipients of prestigious 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the Department of Defense.
Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
Rice University researchers leverage the quantum properties of strontium titanate to make a broad terahertz frequency range useful for quantum control and sensing applications.
Device makes hydrogen from sunlight with record efficiency
Rice University engineers’ have created a device that turns sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency by integrating next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors with electrocatalysts in a single, durable, cost-effective and scalable device.
Four Rice undergraduates latest Owls to win coveted Goldwater Scholarship
Rising Rice seniors Maria Hancu, Alex Lin, Ryan Wang and Ruofeng “Charlie” Liu are the latest Owls to win the coveted Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed each year upon pioneering STEM undergraduates across the country planning to pursue doctoral degrees.
Michael Wong named fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Rice University’s Michael Wong was named a fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry, the oldest chemical society in the world, whose mission is to “advance excellence in the chemical sciences.”
Asteroid named for Rice planetary scientist
An asteroid has been named for Rice planetary scientist André Izidoro, a newly appointed assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.
Interracial relationships don’t always make people less racist
The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University said an uptick in interracial relationships since then has not ended discriminatory tendencies, even among individuals who are in these romantic partnerships.
NIH grant backs Rice lab’s sickle cell disease research
Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a grant from the National Institutes of Health to address critical questions surrounding the safety and efficacy of using gene editing to treat sickle cell disease.
Rice study: Men vastly outnumber women in studying legislative politics
New research from Rice University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found that significantly more men than women study the legislative process in the U.S. and abroad.
Rice engineers’ storage technology keeps nanosurfaces clean
Rice mechanical engineers improved on a 50-year-old idea to create container technology that keeps volatile organic compounds from accumulating on the surfaces of stored nanomaterials.
