Research

Rice physicist wins DOE early career award

Physicist Guido Pagano wins a prestigious Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy.

Bumps could smooth quantum investigations

Rice University materials theorists model a contoured surface overlaid with 2D materials and find it possible to control their electronic and magnetic properties. The discovery could simplify research into many-body effects, including quantum systems.

Grain boundaries go with the flow

Rice engineers mimic atom-scale grain boundaries with magnetic particles to see how shear stress influences their movement.

Bacteria-killing drills get an upgrade

Rice scientists have created light-activated molecular drills that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Rice U. research: Disbanding police departments doesn’t affect crime levels

Disbanding city police departments and shifting law enforcement responsibilities to county governments appears to have no affect on overall crime rates and leads to fewer police-related deaths, according to new Rice University research. But the same study indicates those communities may be less likely to report their crime statistics to the FBI.

Mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved after Obama election, study finds

The mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved when Barack Obama was elected president, according to new research from Rice University.

Howe wins Berlin Prize, will complete fellowship next year

Cymene Howe, a professor of anthropology at Rice University and director of graduate studies in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin.

Top hospitals blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says Baker Institute report

Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade

Rice University chemists, working with the Ford Motor Company, processes waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.

Rice bioengineers are shining light on bacterial stress

Rice bioengineers are ready to shine a lot of light on bacteria’s genetic response to stress.

CPRIT grants entice three cancer researchers to Rice

Rice University recruits three professors to bolster cancer research with grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Spinning is key for line-dancing electrons in iron selenide

Quantum physicists at Rice have helped answer an important question at the forefront of research into superconductivity.

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.

Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface

Rice engineers discovered 6G wireless “pencil beams” are vulnerable to eavesdroppers armed with DIY metasurfaces.

Sophisticated fluid mechanics model is on a roll

Engineers at Rice and Waseda universities produce a video simulation to illustrate the complex aerodynamics around a moving car and its tires.