Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston
A comparison of flood plains around Houston’s two major bayous shows the natural Buffalo Bayou is far better at managing floodwaters than the channelized Brays Bayou.
Heart nanofibers make STAT Madness Round 2
The Rice/Texas Heart Institute project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts makes Round 2 of STAT Madness.
New research offers a groovy answer to the question of what causes carbon nanotubes to align in ultrathin crystalline films discovered at Rice.
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
Rice materials scientist Boris Yakobson and colleagues in Taiwan and China report in Nature on making large single-crystal sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, touted as a key insulator in future two-dimensional electronics.
Rice satellite OwlSat set to launch in 2022
OwlSat, a small research satellite designed by Rice University students to monitor ultraviolet radiation, is set to launch into orbit in 2022.
Kavraki honored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award for her fundamental contributions to robot design.
‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery
Rice University engineers study the mechanism that would allow “smart water" to aid oil recovery from reservoirs.
Heart nanofiber breakthrough awaits your STAT Madness vote
Joint Texas Heart Institute/Rice University research into using carbon nanotube fibers to bridge damaged areas of hearts is part of this year's STAT Madness, a competition to choose the year's best university-based bioscience project.
Deep learning rethink overcomes major obstacle in AI industry
Rice University computer scientists have overcome a major obstacle in the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry.
Rice hosts middle schoolers for Engineers Week
Houston middle-school students visit Rice to take part in Engineers Week.
Nagarajaiah wins ASCE’s Newmark Medal
Rice engineer Satish Nagarajaiah has been awarded the 2020 Nathan M. Newmark Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Rice Electric Vehicle Team talks shop with Formula E's head of technology
The Rice Electric Vehicle Team recently met with Eric Ernst, the head of technology for auto racing series Formula E, to discuss the team's progress toward competing in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in April.
Magnet-controlled bioelectronic implant could relieve pain
A Rice electrical and computer engineer has introduced the first neural implant that can be programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field.
Mikos receives Controlled Release Society’s 2020 Founders Award
Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has received the 2020 Founders Award of the Controlled Release Society
Feds back Rice computer scientist’s security strategy
Ang Chen, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, is clearly poised for success. The National Science Foundation agrees.