Blockchain tech can help small businesses launch and grow, says Baker Institute expert
June 28, 2022
Blockchain technology can give small businesses and entrepreneurs new avenues for funding their ventures and create opportunities for growth, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
June 27, 2022
Rice nuclear physicists win a Department of Energy grant to research the fundamental properties of matter in extreme conditions.
Rice to open international campus in Paris
June 27, 2022
Rice University will expand global education and research opportunities for its students and faculty with the opening of the Rice University Paris Center, which holds its ceremonial launch this week.
US needs more foreign workers to solve labor crisis, says Baker Institute expert
June 27, 2022
Allowing more legal immigration and creating a workable solution for the millions of people living in the United States illegally is the only way to effectively address the nation’s worsening labor shortage, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
June 27, 2022
Two experts from the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice University are available to explain the regulatory landscape of human embryo and embryoid research, especially in light of changes to federal policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Rice experts available to discuss Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade’s federal abortion protections, Rice University experts are available to discuss what comes next.
Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real
June 23, 2022
Rice scientists create the first boron nitride nanotube fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they developed to make carbon nanotube fibers.
Process to customize molecules does double duty
June 22, 2022
Chemists develop a method to add two fragments to an alkene molecule in a single process, which could simplify drug and materials design.
City, county and port support Galveston Bay Park study
June 22, 2022
Houston, Harris County, Port Houston and entrepreneur Joe Swinbank have chipped in for an engineering study of Galveston Bay Park, a chain of man-made islands that Rice University experts have proposed building as both a hurricane barrier and a 10,000-acre public park.
Houston’s hot housing market has decreased inventory and widened affordability gap
June 21, 2022
Houston’s housing market is hotter than ever, people are paying skyrocketing prices for a declining inventory of homes and apartments and the affordability gap is getting worse, according to a new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
SeqScreen can reveal ‘concerning’ DNA
June 21, 2022
Rice computer scientists and collaborators develop a program to screen short DNA sequences, whether synthetic or natural, to determine their toxicity.
Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
June 17, 2022
Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.
What’s up with oil? Impact on consumers, policy focus of upcoming Baker Institute event
June 17, 2022
Oil industry experts will discuss market response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor reluctance to fund shale operations and OPEC’s production decisions during a June 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice lab’s quantum simulator delivers new insight
June 16, 2022
A Rice University quantum simulator is giving physicists a clear look at spin-charge separation, a bizarre phenomenon in which two parts of indivisible particles called electrons travel at different speeds in extremely cold 1D wires. The research is published this week in Science and has implications for quantum computing and electronics with atom-scale wires.
Dittmar named new Rice University provost
June 16, 2022
Amy Dittmar, a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in economics, finance and university administration, has been named the new provost of Rice University.