Flashing plastic ash completes recycling
Rice model offers help for new hips
Carbon monoxide reduced to valuable chemical
Rice ‘flashes’ new 2D materials
2D compound shows unique versatility
Simple bioreactor makes ‘gut check’ more practical
Rice University on winter break Dec. 23-Jan. 4

Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms
Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology can be used to investigate the health impacts of gut bacteria.
Rice offers visiting students online summer classes for credit

AI-powered microscope could check cancer margins in minutes
Researchers from Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center have created a microscope that uses artificial intelligence to quickly and inexpensively image large tissue sections at high resolution with minimal preparation. If clinically validated, the DeepDOF microscope could allow surgeons to inspect tumor margins within minutes.
Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets
Dogtrot dwelling divides to conquer energy bills

Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors
Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.