What’s up with soaring gas prices? Causes, implications and solutions to be discussed at Baker Institute webinar May. 23, 2022
An expert panel will discuss what’s driving prices at the pump in a May 26 webinar from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice names James Hurley assistant vice president of alumni relations May. 23, 2022
James Hurley will join Rice’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) as its assistant vice president of alumni relations. He will assume his new role Aug. 1.
Rice bioengineers are shining light on bacterial stress May. 23, 2022
Rice bioengineers are ready to shine a lot of light on bacteria’s genetic response to stress.
People, papers and presentations for May 23, 2022 May. 23, 2022
Alexander Dessler, an emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, has published a personal history of the early days of Rice’s Space Science Department in the journal Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists.
CPRIT grants entice three cancer researchers to Rice May. 20, 2022
Rice University recruits three professors to bolster cancer research with grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Spinning is key for line-dancing electrons in iron selenide May. 20, 2022
Quantum physicists at Rice have helped answer an important question at the forefront of research into superconductivity.
Getting ourselves back to the garden May. 19, 2022
A prairie garden at Rice University demonstrates the benefits of replacing manicured lawns with resilient plants and grasses that need little maintenance and help protect the environment.
Rice’s Baker Institute Center for the Middle East renamed in honor of founding director Edward P. Djerejian May. 19, 2022
The Baker Institute’s Center for the Middle East will henceforth be known as the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East in recognition of Ambassador Djerejian’s role as founding director of the Baker Institute and of his “extraordinary leadership and deeply impactful foreign service career.“
DAP array casts a wide net to fix mutations May. 19, 2022
Rice engineers introduce DAP, a streamlined CRISPR-based technology that can perform many genome edits at once to address polygenic diseases caused by more than one glitch.
Dateline Rice for May 18, 2022 May. 18, 2022
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Dateline Rice for May 16, 2022 (Weekend Edition) May. 18, 2022
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Applications open for next Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator May. 18, 2022
Applications are open through May 31 for the second cohort of the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator, which helps seed-stage startups refine and grow their sustainable and energy-transition technology solutions.
Rice chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer May. 17, 2022
A theoretical framework by Rice University scientists shows how to increase the odds of identifying cancer-causing mutations before tumors take hold. They demonstrate that only a few energetically favorable pathways are likely to lead to cancer.
Kinder Houston Area Survey: As pandemic wanes, economy and crime become top concerns May. 17, 2022
As Houston emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy and crime top the list of residents’ concerns in the 2022 Kinder Houston Area Survey. Stress, anxiety, loneliness and isolation persist as the pandemic wanes, the survey shows, and Houstonians want the government to spend more money addressing economic inequalities and improving public schools.
