There’s a reason bacteria stay in shape
October 6, 2020
A primal mechanism in bacteria that keeps them in their personal Goldilocks zones -- that is, just right -- appears to depend on two random means of regulation, growth and division, that cancel each other out. The same mechanism may give researchers a new perspective on disease, including cancer.
Rice backs studies of race, anti-racism
September 16, 2020
The Race and Anti-Racism Research Fund at Rice University has awarded grants to eight professors to develop better understanding of how race, racism and racial injustice affect society.
Funding flows into liquid fuel strategy
September 8, 2020
The National Science Foundation awards a $2 million collaborative grant for the development of methods to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels.
Engineers enlist fungi to advance against disease
August 10, 2020
Rice University engineers find the mechanism in fungus that produces a potential drug scaffold. The National Institutes of Health awards a multiyear grant to the lab to continue its work.
People, papers and presentations July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020
Haotian Wang, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is among 59 early-career scientists selected to take up the challenge of greenhouse gas accumulation in Earth's atmosphere and oceans in Scialog: Negative Emissions Science
‘Relaxed’ T cells critical to immune response
June 16, 2020
Rice University researchers model the role of relaxation time as T cells bind to invaders or imposters, and how their ability to differentiate between the two triggers the body’s immune system.
Lab makes 4D printing more practical
June 9, 2020
Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a method developed at Rice to print shapeshifting materials.
New tool helps nanorods stand out
June 8, 2020
Rice scientists introduce an open-source method to simplify nanoparticle analysis using scanning electron microscope images.
Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce
June 4, 2020
Eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables, according to Rice University researchers.