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Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter

September 4, 2026

Rice researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter.

From left to right, Reginald DesRoches, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Lydia Kavraki, Amy Dittmar and Luay Nakhleh.

Rice celebrates Kavraki, Richards-Kortum for rare ‘triple crown’ achievement

September 2, 2026

Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are the first two faculty members in Rice history to be elected to all three U.S. national academies — the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.

Guha Balakrishnan

Rice project aims to reinvent cameras with generative AI

September 1, 2026

Rice has received an NSF award to develop artificial intelligence-powered cameras.

Geoffroy Hautier

Rice brings AI expertise to DOE-backed search for next-generation magnets

September 1, 2026

Geoffroy Hautier has joined a team led by UH in the search for next-generation permanent magnets.

Akane Sano

Rice’s Akane Sano named to inaugural class of Chief of Naval Research Fellows

August 31, 2026

Rice's Akane Sano has been selected for the first class of the Chief of Naval Research Fellows program.

New research suggests the way we retrieve information can influence how the brain represents it the next time we remember it.

How we remember may change our memories, study finds

August 27, 2026

New research about memory suggests that each time we access information, the way we recall it can influence how the brain represents it the next time.

Shengxi Huang

Rice’s Huang elected fellow of SPIE for contributions to optics and photonics

August 12, 2026

Shengxi Huang was elected this month as a fellow of SPIE.

Keya Ghonasgi and Snehil Mathur, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, demonstrating how the exoskeleton functions

Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery

August 12, 2026

A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to stroke rehabilitation.

Confocal microscopy images of peptide-loaded gelatin microparticles showing gelatin autofluorescence (green, left) and fluorescently labeled peptide (blue, right).

Rice researchers use electrical charge to improve controlled peptide delivery

August 6, 2026

Rice engineers have developed a new strategy for controlling how therapeutic peptides are released from gelatin-based materials, a step that could make the small but powerful molecules more useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery.

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Rice to lead $15M Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications

August 4, 2026

Rice will lead a $15M Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications.

Rice researcher Tianjun Sun is advancing methods to ensure AI-based assessments are accurate, fair and scientifically rigorous.

Rice researcher honored for advancing science behind AI and human assessment

August 4, 2026

Rice psychological scientist recognized with early career award for distinguished contributions to research methods research, practice, education and service. 

Jun Lou NSF award

Accelerating discovery: Rice receives nearly $20M NSF award for AI-powered materials laboratory

July 23, 2026

Rice has received a $19.9 million NSF award to use AI, robotics and cloud-based labs to accelerate electronic and quantum materials manufacturing.

Headshots for for the two main PIs for the DOE Genesis projects

Rice researchers earn 2 DOE Genesis Mission awards

July 22, 2026

Two Rice research teams have received Phase I awards through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a national initiative harnessing artificial intelligence and advanced computing to accelerate scientific discovery.

Chihtong “Lily” Lee, a mechanical engineering graduate student in Avila’s lab at Rice and the study’s lead author, with the model of the esophagus and surrounding neck tissue.

Rice, Baylor College of Medicine researchers explore safer surgical tools to reduce swallowing complications after spine surgery

July 21, 2026

Rice mechanical engineers and Baylor College of Medicine neurosurgeons have identified simple changes to surgical tools that could reduce strain on the esophagus and potentially lower the risk of swallowing difficulties after neck surgery.

Tirthak Patel

Rice joins Department of Energy’s Quantum Science Center

July 21, 2026

Rice has joined the U.S. Department of Energy Quantum Science Center.

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