DAP array casts a wide net to fix mutations
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.
When classes began at Venice International University Sept. 8, a delegation from Rice University was there to witness it....
Physicists from Rice have received a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Rice Laboratory for Emergent Magnetic Mate...
Professor of cello Norman Fischer was the soloist in the premiere, which marked the first of four debuts still to come this season in a multiyear init...
A new study has found that energy transfers more quickly between molecular sites when it starts in an entangled, delocalized quantum state....
Rice secured its first conference win of the season with a 3-2 reverse sweep over Tulsa on Sunday at Tudor Fieldhouse....
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has launched a new EC-3 alternative teacher certification program to prepare the next generat...
A new study led by Rice, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that icefish reorganized their skulls in ways that ...
A team of researchers from Rice and collaborators have found a way to make two different phonons in thin films of lead halide perovskite interact with...
Rice's Families Weekend matchup with Florida Atlantic on Oct. 4 has been selected by The American Conference and ESPN to kick off at 6 p.m. with cover...
Ira Dempsey Gruber, whose scholarship on the American Revolution reshaped understanding of military and political life in the 18th century and whose d...
Rice’s Fondren Library awarded Joseph Goetz the 2025 Shapiro Staff Innovation Award during a moving ceremony recognizing his inventive contributions t...
Rice has named David Sholl, an internationally recognized expert in research strategy, clean energy and scientific leadership, as its new executive vi...
Applications open for next Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator
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
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
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.
Night for Guy concert draws country fans to celebrate the late Guy Clark
Back for the first time in three years, the once-annual Night For Guy concert May 11 honored the late Texas troubadour Guy Clark, who died in 2016.
Reflections on 28 years at the Baker Institute
At a May 12 Director’s Lecture Series event, Ambassador Edward Djerejian looked back on the Baker Institute’s history in conversation with Rice historian John Boles.
Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface
Rice engineers discovered 6G wireless “pencil beams” are vulnerable to eavesdroppers armed with DIY metasurfaces.
Rice in Country summer study abroad programs return after two years on hold
After being scuttled for two straight summers due to the coronavirus pandemic, the popular Rice in Country study abroad programs hosted by the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication (CLIC) are once again back in action.
People, papers and presentations for May 16, 2022
Several Owls claimed Conference USA titles at the league’s outdoor track and field championships May 12-15 in San Antonio.
Rice mourns beloved professor emeritus, former Rice Players director Sandy Havens
Neil “Sandy” Havens ’56, professor emeritus of art and art history whose passion for theater led him to become the first professional director of the Rice Players, died May 3. He was 88.