Fang Xie, a postdoctoral fellow in Rice’s physics and astronomy department and Extreme Quantum Materials Alliance, has received the ACS-Moore Postdoct...
Rice broke ground on the Arc in the Ion District, a nearly 200,000-square-foot research, corporate innovation and office building designed to bring re...
Rice’s Welcome Center saw a significant increase in voter turnout on Election Day, Nov. 3, with 1,763 ballots cast — a 47% increase over 2025 and a 61...
Rice's Han Xiao has used his AI-supported Sequence Display technology to expand the targeting abilities of CRISPR/Cas9. ...
New research examines how harassment affects workers in the gig economy and why having someone in their corner can make a difference....
Two towering oak trees that have stood near Rice Village for approximately 70 years have a new home as part of Rice University’s ambitious Gateway Pro...
Chabad at Rice and Houston Hillel co-hosted a Jewish student reception Oct. 30 at the home of President Reginald and Paula DesRoches....
Emvena Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup co-founded by Rice’s Kelsey Swingle, has launched to develop disease-modifying mRNA treatments for preecl...
Two Rice professors have received a Department of Energy Early Career Award, which supports outstanding early-career scientists. ...
Researchers at Rice are preparing to examine what happens inside a polling place, from the length of the line to the way voters review their ballots b...
Rice’s Huff House received a creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky makeover as the Office of Alumni Relations hosted “Haunted Huff,” a festive gatherin...
Historian Elizabeth Petrick follows the 1972 idea through decades of failed prototypes to the device in millions of hands today....
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.”
JFK’s 1962 moon speech still appeals 50 years later
Few moments in Rice’s history are as well known or oft remarked upon as the 1962 speech in which President John F. Kennedy boldly declared, “We choose to go to the moon!”
The story behind Rice traditions
Every university has its traditions, and Rice University is no exception. O-Week, Beer Bike and Willy Week top the list of Rice’s most well-known traditions, but in the university’s nearly 100-year history, it’s only natural for a few others to have developed along the way.
Revolution with a salad spinner
A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates.
Rice study suggests people are more trusting of attractive strangers
Beware of strangers. Don’t judge a book by its cover. We repeat these timeworn adages without even thinking, but new research suggests we live by neither of them.
Nanotech pioneer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62
Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball, died from cancer in Houston. He was 62.
