Physicists find first possible 3D quantum spin liquid
Rice physicists show cerium zirconium pyrochlore qualifies as the first possible 3D quantum spin liquid.
Rice researchers created a synthetic origin of replication...
Rice leaders participate in CERAWeek panels on building successful pathways from innovation to impact...
Shepherd School of Music will command a significant presence on the nation’s leading opera stages in the 2026-27 season, including Houston Grand Opera...
A 15-minute plasma pretreatment helped recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries, pointing to a lower-chemical, lo...
The accomplishment is particularly striking because each of the school’s three voice studios is represented by the winners....
Rice is saluting Karen Rubinsky for 33 years of dedication to higher education. As the assistant vice president for development and alumni operations,...
IDE Technologies, a world leader in desalination and advanced water treatment solutions, and Rice’s WaTER Institute, a multidisciplinary center advanc...
Rice professor Zachary Ball recently published a paper describing a new way to target a common but understudied posttranslational modification called ...
For an interdisciplinary team of Rice undergraduates, improving global women’s health started with a pressing question: What does it take to make an e...
The Rice Table Tennis Club’s women’s team has advanced to the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association National Championships for the third consec...
Two Rice researchers recently named fellows of the Association for Psychological Science, one of the field’s leading international organizations....
Rice University professor Bidong Zhang has received a grant to develop next-generation lunar radiometric dating techniques that will acquire more accu...
Feds fund creation of headset for high-speed brain link
A Rice University-led team of neuroengineers is developing nonsurgical headset technology for brain-to-brain communication "at the speed of thought."
Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
Vardi leading new initiative on technology, culture and society
Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi is speaking out about the unintended ills of information technology, and he is marshaling support to directly address them through a campuswide Initiative on Technology, Culture and Society.
Computer scientist Vardi named University Professor
World-renowned computer scientist Moshe Vardi has been promoted to University Professor, Rice’s highest academic title.
Rice University announces new program to dramatically expand scholarships for middle class
Rice University has unveiled a new initiative to make higher education more affordable by dramatically expanding financial aid provided to students from low-income families to those with incomes up to $200,000.
Most British scientists cited in study feel Richard Dawkins’ work misrepresents science
Controversial British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is well-known for his criticism of religion, but a new Rice University study of British scientists reveals that a majority who mentioned Dawkins’ work during research interviews reject his approach to public engagement
Nanotubes assemble! Rice introduces ‘Teslaphoresis’
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call “Teslaphoresis.”
First worldwide survey of religion and science: No, not all scientists are atheists
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call “Teslaphoresis.”