Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less.
For decades, researchers believed that Homo habilis — the earliest known species in our genus — marked the moment humans rose from prey to predators, ...
With the 2025–26 academic year underway, Rice is taking bold steps to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in teaching, res...
Rice has partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google’s generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff wi...
Rice Real Estate Co., in partnership with Lincoln Property Co., has unveiled plans to develop a landmark research, laboratory and office building desi...
The building consolidates Rice’s visual arts programs, long scattered across campus, into a single state-of-the-art space that emphasizes collaboratio...
Recent research from Rice and Houston Methodist shows how data-driven methods can sharpen doctors’ decisions for patients with aortic regurgitation, a...
When Frank Abell walked into the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library this summer, he wasn’t just stepping into an archive — he was stepp...
Rice immortalized one of its most devoted alumni Sept. 6, dedicating a bronze sculpture outside the player entrance of Rice Stadium in honor of former...
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.
‘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.
Moody celebrates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary by pairing past with present
Exploration of Houston landmark’s enduring influence includes intricate recreation of iconic 1975 Rice exhibition.
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
Mark Torres with water samples collected from Iceland's Efri Haukadalsá River in 2016. (Photo by Woodward Fisher)
New humanities podcast explores personal connections between life and scholarship
"Connections" was conceived as a way to explore a topic that’s long been fundamental to humanistic fields of study.
"Screenspace" at Anderson Hall mimics the Turrell Skyspace, but with a more ominous message.