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illustration of Rice's one-step catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide gas

New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow

October 31, 2022

Rice engineers and scientists and collaborators have discovered an efficient, one-step process for converting hydrogen sulfide gas into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

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People, papers and presentations for Oct. 31, 2022

October 31, 2022

Lydia Kavraki and Marcia O’Malley are among 35 scientists named Oct. 25 to a list of the world’s top women scientists in robotics, energy and science at the iROS Kyoto 2022 Conference in Japan.

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People, papers and presentations for Oct. 24, 2022

October 24, 2022

Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering and the director of Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute, touted the findings of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office study on women inventors Oct. 19 in Houston as part of the Society of Women Engineers’ annual meeting.

Halas, Nordlander at 2022 Eni Awards ceremony in Rome

Halas, Nordlander honored in Rome

October 10, 2022

Italian President Sergio Mattarella presented Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander the 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award in an Oct. 3 ceremony in Rome's Quirinal Palace.

Michael Wong

Wong named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers

October 10, 2022

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Michael Wong has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.

Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies

September 19, 2022

Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.

José Onuchic wins the 2023 Founders Award presented by the Biophysical Society.

Onuchic wins top Biophysical Society honor

September 7, 2022

José Onuchic wins the 2023 Founders Award presented by the Biophysical Society.

A new class of molecular motors triggered by visible light kills harmful bacteria by generating reactive oxygen species. The new strategy could be a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

New weapon targets antibiotic resistance

August 25, 2022

A new class of molecular motors triggered by visible light kills harmful bacteria by generating reactive oxygen species. The new strategy could be a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Brushing powdered phosphorus and sulfur into lithium anodes helps keep them from forming damaging dendrites in rechargeable batteries.

Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries

August 22, 2022

Brushing powdered phosphorus and sulfur into lithium anodes helps keep them from forming damaging dendrites in rechargeable batteries.

SCI symposium overview

Smalley-Curl Institute rewards students’ summer research

August 9, 2022

The Smalley-Curl Institute held its annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 5.

Peter Nordlander and Naomi Halas

Halas, Nordlander win prestigious Eni Energy Transition Award

August 8, 2022

Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander have won the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award.

Rice University scientists and engineers develop a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust superhydrophobic materials.

Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface

August 4, 2022

Rice scientists and engineers develop a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust superhydrophobic materials.

false-color SEM image of self-assembled 2D sheet of gold tetrahedral nanoparticles

Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures

July 25, 2022

Rice chemists have discovered pyramid-shaped gold nanoparticles put their own twist on 2D self-assembly.

A Rice University lab tests material covered in strain-sensing smart skin. The multilayer coating contains carbon nanotubes that fluoresce when under strain, matching the strain experienced by the material underneath. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

Strain-sensing smart skin ready to deploy

July 14, 2022

Carbon nanotubes’ natural fluorescence enables a method to detect high strain concentrations, which can lead to damage that threatens the integrity of critical infrastructure like aircraft, buildings, pipelines, bridges and ships.

An illustration compares flakes of hexagonal boron nitride, top, and turbostratic boron nitride, bottom, the latter synthesized through the flash Joule heating process developed at Rice University.

Flashing creates hard-to-get 2D boron nitride

July 11, 2022

Rice University chemists use their flash Joule heating process to synthesize 2D flakes of boron nitride and boron carbon nitride, highly valued for lending thermal and chemical stability to compounds.

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