New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow
Rice engineers and scientists and collaborators have discovered an efficient, one-step process for converting hydrogen sulfide gas into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 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.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 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 honored in Rome
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.
Wong named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Michael Wong has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies
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.
Onuchic wins top Biophysical Society honor
José Onuchic wins the 2023 Founders Award presented by the Biophysical Society.
New weapon targets antibiotic resistance
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 thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries
Brushing powdered phosphorus and sulfur into lithium anodes helps keep them from forming damaging dendrites in rechargeable batteries.
Smalley-Curl Institute rewards students’ summer research
The Smalley-Curl Institute held its annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 5.
Halas, Nordlander win prestigious Eni Energy Transition Award
Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander have won the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award.
Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface
Rice scientists and engineers develop a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust superhydrophobic materials.
Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures
Rice chemists have discovered pyramid-shaped gold nanoparticles put their own twist on 2D self-assembly.
Strain-sensing smart skin ready to deploy
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.
Flashing creates hard-to-get 2D boron nitride
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.
