Rice physicist Ronald Stebbings dies at 91
Ronald Stebbings, a Rice University emeritus professor of space physics and astronomy, former dean of undergraduates and first vice president of student affairs, dies at 91.
A recent study from Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance titled “Religious Representation in Science: How Scie...
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has selected nine student-led ventures for the 2026 Summer Venture Studio, its flagship ventur...
A week after Rice women's track and field saw a national champion in the javelin from senior Mckyla Van der Westhuizen, freshman Emily Harbach won the...
Rice researchers developed a new way to model how the cochlea processes incoming sound using graph signal processing, which could shed light on what h...
A team of engineers at Rice and Kyung Hee University has developed a soft, shape-shifting mechanical surface that can respond to touch, sense its own ...
As schools across the country increasingly embrace evidence-based approaches to reading instruction through the science of reading, two Rice researche...
Through a framing of North, Central and South America as interconnected regions, “Radiant Geometries: Vectors of Knowledge from the Indigenous America...
Rice's Kaden Hazzard and his team recently developed a theory on how trions in quantum particles form and behave....
Rice researchers have developed a high-throughput method to measure the quality of diamond and other wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, providing r...
The Brain Health for Economic Resilience Commission, convened in collaboration with Nature Medicine, was announced at the Texas Brain Economy Summit J...
The university’s second appearance at Europe’s largest tech event paired seven startups with new research ties to France and Germany. ...
A new study by researchers at Rice and Baylor reveals that the brain maintains a geometric neural “map” for meaning that allows multilingual speakers ...
NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless
Rice University researchers, with National Science Foundation backing, develop a community platform, 3DML, to accelerate machine learning for next-generation wireless networks and mobile applications.
Interviews with those affected by Harvey available on Urban Data Platform
Three years after Hurricane Harvey rained devastation on Houston and surrounding areas, first-hand oral accounts from people affected by the storm are available through Rice University's Urban Data Platform (UDP), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
North American trade webinar: A view from Congress
The evolution of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and what it means for the future of North American trade will be examined in a Sept. 2 webinar hosted by the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Rice computer science lab collaborates on design of novel SARS-CoV-2 test
Rice computer scientists are collaborating with molecular diagnostics company Great Basin Scientific to streamline the development of COVID-19 testing.
New book of essays edited by Baker Institute's Tony Payan examines key US, Mexico issues
A new volume of "The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight," a collection of essays that examine the relationship between the countries, offers policy recommendations for key issues and makes predictions on what may happen in the future.
Rice to resume normal operations Friday
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message to the university community Aug. 27 regarding Hurricane Laura.
Qatar and Persian Gulf crisis explored in new book by Rice, Baker Institute expert
An international standoff in the Middle East essentially began with a triggering event unique to the 21st century: the hacking of the Qatar News Agency.
How racism contributes to 'a very ivory tower'
HOUSTON – (Aug. 24, 2020) – Blacks, Hispanics and other racial and ethnic minorities are not only underrepresented in science, they are also less likely to receive research funding or get published as often as white scientists, which can result in fewer promotions and lower incomes throughout their academic careers, according to new research from Rice University.
Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory
Researchers model the binding structures of actin and associated proteins they believe are responsible for the formation of longterm memory.