Strong signals show how proteins come and go
March 9, 2020
Rice University bioscientists develop a versatile gene signal amplifier that can not only do a better job of detecting the expression of chromosomal genes than current methods but can potentially be used to detect any cellular gene.
March 9, 2020
New research offers a groovy answer to the question of what causes carbon nanotubes to align in ultrathin crystalline films discovered at Rice.
Robert Ladd elected Rice Board of Trustees chair
March 9, 2020
Rice University alumnus Robert T. Ladd ’78 has been elected chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, effective July 1.
Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage
March 5, 2020
Scientists at Rice and their collaborators show light-activated molecular drills effectively kill cells in whole eukaryotic organisms.
Scientists create model to predict multipathogen epidemics
March 5, 2020
In one of the first studies of its kind, bioscientists from Rice University and the University of Michigan have shown how to use the interactions between pathogens in individual hosts to predict the severity of multipathogen epidemics.
New Rice University music building to be named Brockman Hall for Opera
March 4, 2020
Rice University's new music building will be named Brockman Hall for Opera and the 84,000-square-foot structure, along with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and its adjoining plaza, will be christened the Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center.
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
March 4, 2020
Rice materials scientist Boris Yakobson and colleagues in Taiwan and China report in Nature on making large single-crystal sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, touted as a key insulator in future two-dimensional electronics.
Vaping bans are ineffective, say Baker Institute experts
March 3, 2020
HOUSTON -- (March 3, 2020) – Vaping products have contributed to a decline in cigarette smoking but have increased the number of middle and high school students who are addicted to nicotine — a problem that can only be effectively addressed through regulation of advertising — according to drug policy experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Stem cell therapies' promise, perils in focus at Rice's Baker Institute
March 2, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 2, 2020) – A panel of experts will gather at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy to discuss the stem cell therapy landscape. The experts will highlight the treatments available today, describe why even negative clinical data can lead to new interventions and evaluate recent incidents of unregulated stem cell use harming patients.
‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery
March 2, 2020
Rice University engineers study the mechanism that would allow “smart water" to aid oil recovery from reservoirs.
Deep learning rethink overcomes major obstacle in AI industry
March 2, 2020
Rice University computer scientists have overcome a major obstacle in the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry.
February 28, 2020
HOUSTON – (Feb. 28, 2020) – As the climate debate heats up ahead of the 2020 elections, the country's oil and gas companies want to get in front of the curve. But they may be hampered by a longstanding culture of playing defense, according to an energy industry expert at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Which Democrat will take Texas on Super Tuesday?
February 28, 2020
In less than a week, voters in 14 states and American Samoa and Democrats living abroad will head to the polls on Super Tuesday.
Watch for trade deal's impact on state-owned businesses, says Baker Institute expert
February 25, 2020
HOUSTON – (Feb. 25, 2020) – While it is difficult to accurately predict which changes made by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will have a significant effect on North American trade, several of them, such as those relating to state-owned enterprises like Mexico's Pemex, could have a major impact, according to a report from the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block
February 24, 2020
Rice University chemists further simplify their process to make essential precursor molecules for drug discovery and manufacture. The method to modify unactivated olefins for use as building blocks could save the pharmaceutical industry millions.