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Dateline Rice for Feb. 26, 2021 Feb. 26, 2021

A mild process discovered by Rice University chemists could replace difficult, silver-based catalysis to create valuable fluoroketones, a precursor in the design and manufacture of drugs. Illustration by Renee Man/@chemkitty

Cerium sidelines silver to make drug precursor Feb. 26, 2021

Rice scientists have developed a simplified method to make fluoroketones, a drug precursor that typically requires an expensive silver catalyst.

Elhadji Diop takes a photo of another Rice student

Elhadji Diop does it all at Rice Feb. 26, 2021

Normally, a stage name is reserved for actors and musicians, but Elhadji Diop has created such a name for himself at Rice

Bioinformatics tool accurately tracks synthetic DNA Feb. 26, 2021

A Rice computer science lab challenges -- and beats -- deep learning in a test to see if a new bioinformatics approach effectively tracks the lab of origin of a synthetic genetic sequence.

Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone Feb. 25, 2021

Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less.

Dateline Rice for Feb. 25, 2021 Feb. 25, 2021

The image shows the crystal structure of a MoTe2|PtS2 heterobilayer with isocharge plots from a model created at Rice University. When the materials are stacked together, mirror symmetry is broken and there is a charge transfer that creates an intrinsic electric field. This field is responsible for Rashba-type spin-splitting shown by the band structure at right, where the spin is perpendicular to momentum. (Credit: Sunny Gupta/Rice University)

Theory could accelerate push for spintronic devices Feb. 25, 2021

A theory by Rice scientists could boost spintronics, a key to creating faster and more powerful electronic devices, including quantum computers.

Paul Brace. Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University.

Why hasn’t President Biden delivered his first joint session address? Rice expert available to discuss delay Feb. 25, 2021

HOUSTON – (Feb. 25, 2021) – New presidents normally address a joint session of Congress the month after their inauguration, but President Joe Biden's speech is still on hold.

Dateline Rice for Feb. 24, 2021 Feb. 24, 2021

Dateline Rice for Feb. 23, 2021 Feb. 23, 2021

Farmers in developing countries can protect both profits and endangered species Feb. 23, 2021

HOUSTON – (Feb. 23, 2021) – Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood.

Rice mourns tragedy in Jones School family Feb. 22, 2021

The Rice community mourns with the family of Jones Graduate School of Business student Jackie Nguyen, whose mother and three young children died in a house fire Feb. 16 in Sugar Land.

When the going gets tough, Lovett gets going Feb. 22, 2021

After a major winter storm hit Texas last week, Lovett College residents wasted no time in assembling to take care of their community.

Leebron addresses Rice community following historic storm Feb. 22, 2021

Rice President David Leebron sent a message to the Rice community Feb. 19 following the historic winter storm that caused prolonged electricity and water outages across Texas.

Rice's Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award Feb. 22, 2021

Rice engineer Yingyan Lin has won a National Science CAREER Award to help close the gap between fast “deep learning” algorithm advances and slow accelerator development.