Rice team’s mask strategy passes muster
February 7, 2022
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at Rice University went looking for and found a way to make standard surgical masks better at keeping out small airborne droplets that might contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Awards boost biomed advances
December 16, 2021
Four faculty members and their collaborators win Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health seed grants.
Swirling bacteria mimic Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
December 13, 2021
Scientists discovered a way to transform millions of predatory bacteria into swirling flash mobs reminiscent of painter Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” as the unexpected result of experiments on a genetic circuit the creatures use to discern friend from foe.
NEST360 wins 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award
December 8, 2021
NEST360, an international alliance with roots at Rice University’s Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, has won the Global Health Technologies Coalition 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award for its efforts to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals.
NSF grant supports study of cells’ early decisions
December 7, 2021
Rice University receives National Science Foundation support to build a model of cell differentiation during the earliest stage of life. The model could help improve researchers’ ability to direct stem cells to a given fate.
Be water, my friend
October 18, 2021
Baker College senior Magdah Omer debuted their first solo art exhibition Oct. 15 at Sleepy Cyborg.