Engineering

Brain-to-brain communication demo receives DARPA funding

Wireless linkage of brains may soon go to human testing with $8 million for preclinical demonstrations.

Journal celebrates SAFT at 30

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Rice model offers help for new hips

Carbon monoxide reduced to valuable chemical

2D compound shows unique versatility

Simple bioreactor makes ‘gut check’ more practical

Best of 2020: Single-pixel camera captures top honor

‘Soft’ nanoparticles give plasmons new potential

Bigger is not always better, but here’s something that starts small and gets better as it gets bigger.

Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms

Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology can be used to investigate the health impacts of gut bacteria.

AI-powered microscope could check cancer margins in minutes

Researchers from Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center have created a microscope that uses artificial intelligence to quickly and inexpensively image large tissue sections at high resolution with minimal preparation. If clinically validated, the DeepDOF microscope could allow surgeons to inspect tumor margins within minutes.

Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets

Antibody study suggests COVID-19 infections underestimated

A monthslong study to determine the number of Houstonians carrying COVID-19 antibodies revealed infections may have been four times greater than viral tests showed, according to collaborators at the Houston Health Department, Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine.

Rice's Illya Hicks inducted as fellow of prestigious society

Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors

Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.