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Less may be more in next-gen batteries
Rice University engineers build full lithium-ion batteries with silicon anodes and an alumina layer to protect cathodes from degrading. By limiting their energy density, the batteries promise excellent stability for transportation and grid storage use.
Inclusive teaching featured at 7th annual Center for Teaching Excellence symposium
Improved interactions in the classroom can create highly engaged students who learn to learn better.
New computer system will detect bad ballot design before it reaches the voting booth
In 2000, the infamously confusing butterfly ballot led many voters in Florida’s Palm Beach County to mistakenly vote for the wrong presidential candidate, altering the outcome of the election – and American history.
McCabe’s 'Works on Paper' on view at Rice Media Center
Former VADA studio manager's exhibition brings together selection of paintings and drawings.
English prof’s new BBC radio show contemplates complex feelings on climate change
Despair, depression and guilt aren’t helping us — or the planet. What will?
Cameras see around corners in real time with deep learning
Rice researchers and collaborators have created an imaging system that can see detailed objects around corners in real time.
Study finds billions of quantum entangled electrons in 'strange metal'
Rice physicists and collaborators have observed quantum entanglement among "billions of billions" of flowing electrons in a quantum critical material.
Media advisory: 'Radical Revisionists' opening Jan. 24 at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2020) – Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will unveil its spring exhibition Jan. 24 with an opening reception for “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present.”
Rice engineers find a way to turn water pollution into valuable chemicals
Rice University researchers have identified a simpler way to rid water of cancer-causing pollutants and turn them into valuable chemicals.
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Fast charge and discharge of some lithium-ion batteries with intentional defects degrades their performance and endurance, according to Rice University engineers.
Veteran RUPD officer Rodriguez named Rice police chief
Clemente Rodriguez served on campus for nearly two decades while rising through the RUPD ranks.
Rice United Way Campaign enters final days
Federal food program needs more 'clearly defined objectives,' Baker Institute expert says
HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2020) – Public health and anti-hunger advocates want an effective food assistance program for low-income Americans, but they disagree on several fundamental issues involved in tackling the problem, according to a new issue brief from the Center for Public Finance at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Audrey’s coffee shop now open in Jones School
Audrey’s is the latest project from Houston coffee maven David Buehrer.
People, papers and presentations Jan 13, 2020
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, was elected to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at a luncheon May 8 at Houston's Ellington Airport.