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Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows

Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows

DARPA backs Rice sensor to detect COVID-19 virus in air

Researchers receive funding for up to $1 million to develop a real-time electronic sensor able to detect minute amounts of the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 infection.

Mars, happy to see you again

Be there with Martian geologist Kirsten Siebach as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.

Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox

Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice University and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Advanced recycling strategies needed to clean up plastic pollution problem, says Baker Institute expert

Sustainability across the entire value chain — rather than advances in technology alone — is required to solve the United States’ plastic waste problems, according to a new brief from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice Business Plan Competition to announce 2021 teams

The Rice Business Plan Competition — the world's largest and richest student startup competition — will announce the teams invited to participate in this year's edition on Friday.

Laura Segatori named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

UTHealth, Rice advance oral cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at Rice and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston develop a hydrogel that could destroy oral cancer tumors.

Haotian Wang named Sloan Research Fellow

Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Haotian Wang has been selected as a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

‘Power Flower’ blooms as Bowdoin’s debut work of Rice Public Art

VADA professor’s sculpture is one of four new pieces acquired for campus art program.

Winter storm prompts campus closures as temps approach record lows

Rice, along with the rest of Houston, is approaching record-setting cold and a wintery mix of sleet and snow, with low temperatures dipping to into the teens and a windchill below zero degrees.

Junghae Suh named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Junghae Suh has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Kennedy Institute adds data scientist for COVID-19 research

Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is collaborating with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on data science research into long-term outcomes and improved treatment methods for COVID-19.

Biden must act swiftly on China trade policy, Baker Institute expert says

Competition with China is the United States' "existential challenge now and for the next three or four decades" and must be addressed by the White House immediately, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Collagen structures get the royal reveal

An algorithm by Rice University scientists predicts the structures and melting temperatures of collagen, the triple helix that accounts for about a third of the body’s proteins and forms the fibrous glue in skin, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments.