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depiction of light-driven process for making solvated electrons

Nanoparticles make it easier to turn light into solvated electrons

January 17, 2023

Chemists from Rice, UT Austin and Stanford have uncovered the long-sought mechanism of a light-driven process that creates solvated electrons, inherently clean chemical reactants that are attractive for green chemistry.

Rice University engineers compare wastewater ‘snapshots’ to daylong composite samples and find snapshots lead to bias in testing for the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes.

Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises

December 19, 2022

Rice engineers find snapshots lead to bias in testing wastewater for antibiotic-resistant genes.

Pedro Alvarez, Michael Wong, Shell’s Mike Reynolds share honor for project to remediate, reuse fracking water

ACS taps Rice, Shell for Partners in Progress & Prosperity Award

November 16, 2022

Collaborators at Rice and Shell receive the American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Partners in Progress & Prosperity Award.

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.

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.

coral reefs at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study

October 5, 2022

Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.

Engineered living materials

Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria

September 22, 2022

Rice bioscientists have created bacteria that self-assembles into a material like putty that could soak up pollutants.

Rice biosciences students from the Miller lab collecting grasses and fungi symbionts at site near Huntsville

Can fungi help Texas’ grasses cope with climate change?

September 6, 2022

Rice biologists are using Texas as a living lab to study how symbiotic fungi help grasses tolerate drought.

close-up of hand holding small container during a home test for lead paint

Racial segregation magnifies effects of childhood lead exposure

August 15, 2022

Racial segregation magnifies the effects of childhood lead exposure according to new research from Rice, Duke and Notre Dame

Illustration of the action of a boron nitride and titanium dioxide photocatalyst destroying PFOA

Rice improves catalyst that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ with sunlight

July 25, 2022

Rice chemical engineers have improved their light-powered catalyst for destroying forever chemical PFOA.

Environmental engineers determine the economic cost of reactive nitrogen emissions from agriculture, and their significant risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.

Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate

June 17, 2022

Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.

Rice prairie garden

Getting ourselves back to the garden

May 19, 2022

A prairie garden at Rice University demonstrates the benefits of replacing manicured lawns with resilient plants and grasses that need little maintenance and help protect the environment.

Architecture League prizewinner

Rice Architecture faculty among New York’s finest

May 3, 2022

Rice Architecture's Wortham Fellows are among recipients of this year's Architectural League of New York Prize for Young Architects.

Catalytic experiment

Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater

May 2, 2022

Engineers develop a high-performance nanowire catalyst that pulls ammonia and solid ammonia (fertilizer) from nitrate in wastewater.

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