Stressed crystal creates nanoscale patterns on chip materials at room temperature
A new chip-making technique pioneered by Rice scientists exploits a material’s crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature directly onto hard materials used in devices, including silica.
Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez named president of Wake Forest University
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business since 2016, has been named the 15th president of Wake Forest University.
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light with an efficiency two to three orders of magnitude greater than conventional materials.
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from.
Even after adopting cattle, early herders kept hunting and gathering
The first pastoralists in eastern Africa didn’t suddenly switch to a diet centered only on cows, sheep and goats. Instead, they kept eating a wide mix of foods — fish, wild animals and plants, according to key findings from new University of British Columbia-led research, with Rice University as a key contributor.
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Kinder Institute for Urban Research will host “Redrawing Risk,” a one-day public conference May 21 examining the real-world implications of FEMA’s updated flood maps for Houston.
A new study by Rice’s Kinder Institute suggests bilingual instruction may improve academic outcomes for emergent bilingual students.
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact.
Rice professor awarded Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
Rice professor Qimiao Si has been awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year.
‘There truly is no place like Rice’: Arjun Surya shares commencement address
‘There truly is no place like Rice’: Arjun Surya shares commencement address.
Indian and Tibetan wolves found to have important, ancient genetics
Rice professor Lauren Hennelly uncovers stories hidden inside the DNA of Indian and Tibetan wolves.
Four Rice students named 2026 Sumners Scholars.
Rice researchers develop realistic ‘mock’ samples to speed cervical cancer test development
A team of Rice bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic “mock” patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer screening tests for low-resource settings.
New Rice professor leads project to build more climate-resilient Gulf Coast
Andrew Hoffman, an incoming professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences who will join Rice’s faculty July 1, was awarded a $1.9 million grant to improve the accuracy, actionability and regional relevance of sea level rise projections.
First-in-human trial demonstrates promise of implantable cytokine factories for ovarian cancer
Rice researchers and collaborators at MD Anderson report results from a first-in-human trial evaluating a novel cell-based therapeutic platform in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
