US needs more foreign workers to solve labor crisis, says Baker Institute expert
Allowing more legal immigration and creating a workable solution for the millions of people living in the United States illegally is the only way to effectively address the nation’s worsening labor shortage, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Embryo and embryoid research state regulations are morally inconsistent, say Baker Institute experts
State policies on human embryo and embryoid research are morally inconsistent, according to a paper by Kirstin Matthews and Daniel Moralí published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences, which reviewed all applicable federal and state laws.
Rice experts available to discuss Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade’s federal abortion protections, Rice University experts are available to discuss what comes next.
Jing Zhou named Rice Business’ deputy dean of academic affairs
Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, has been appointed deputy dean of academic affairs for the business school effective July 1.
Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real
Rice scientists create the first boron nitride nanotube fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they developed to make carbon nanotube fibers.
Process to customize molecules does double duty
Chemists develop a method to add two fragments to an alkene molecule in a single process, which could simplify drug and materials design.
City, county and port support Galveston Bay Park study
Houston, Harris County, Port Houston and entrepreneur Joe Swinbank have chipped in for an engineering study of Galveston Bay Park, a chain of man-made islands that Rice University experts have proposed building as both a hurricane barrier and a 10,000-acre public park.
Houston’s hot housing market has decreased inventory and widened affordability gap
Houston’s housing market is hotter than ever, people are paying skyrocketing prices for a declining inventory of homes and apartments and the affordability gap is getting worse, according to a new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rice OEDK team creates new feeding device for Houston Zoo’s red river hogs
Just steps away from Rice University, you can meet Neptune, Luna, Vidalia, Artemis and Ophelia, the Houston Zoo’s resident red river hogs.
SeqScreen can reveal ‘concerning’ DNA
Rice computer scientists and collaborators develop a program to screen short DNA sequences, whether synthetic or natural, to determine their toxicity.
People, papers and presentations for June 21, 2022
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle S7 during the World Para Swimming Championships last week in Madeira, Portugal.
Rice, TSU, Prairie View unite for Juneteenth event
Rice hosted a celebration of Juneteenth with a series of panels exploring ideas and questions relevant to the holiday.
Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.
What’s up with oil? Impact on consumers, policy focus of upcoming Baker Institute event
Oil industry experts will discuss market response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor reluctance to fund shale operations and OPEC’s production decisions during a June 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice lab’s quantum simulator delivers new insight
A Rice University quantum simulator is giving physicists a clear look at spin-charge separation, a bizarre phenomenon in which two parts of indivisible particles called electrons travel at different speeds in extremely cold 1D wires. The research is published this week in Science and has implications for quantum computing and electronics with atom-scale wires.
