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Rice’s SSPEED Center unveils Galveston Bay Park Plan: A comprehensive solution to hurricane storm surge threats

May 27, 2025

The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center at Rice, in collaboration with a team of experts, has developed the Galveston Bay Park Plan, an in-bay barrier and park system designed to provide enhanced storm surge protection and navigation and environmental benefits for the highly vulnerable west side of Galveston Bay.

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‘Pinballs in a cosmic arcade’: New study suggests how wide-orbit planets form, supporting existence of Planet Nine

May 27, 2025

In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers from Rice and the Planetary Science Institute used complex simulations to show that wide-orbit planets are not anomalies but rather natural by-products of a chaotic early phase in planetary system development.

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Rice experts equip Houston professionals with AI and machine learning training

May 22, 2025

Rice experts at the Ken Kennedy Institute who taught an intensive boot camp for data science practitioners and technical managers are available to address questions from the media related to their AI and ML expertise.

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Rice to offer Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence

May 20, 2025

To prepare the next generation of innovators and thought leaders in AI, Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025.

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Lydia Kavraki named University Professor, the highest faculty distinction at Rice

May 20, 2025

In a landmark moment for Rice, renowned computer scientist Lydia E. Kavraki has been named a University Professor, the institution’s highest academic rank. She becomes only the 11th person and the third woman in the university’s 112-year history to earn this prestigious title.

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Rice’s Mikos elected to the European Academy of Sciences

May 19, 2025

Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences, an international body that recognizes excellence in scientific research and technological innovation.

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Invisible currents at the edge: Rice research team shows how magnetic particles reveal a hidden rule of nature

May 19, 2025

Recently, a team of scientists and engineers at Rice discovered a phenomenon on a microscopic scale, where tiny magnetic particles driven by rotating fields spontaneously move along the edges of clusters driven by invisible “edge currents” that follow the rules of an unexpected branch of physics.

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Forecasters predicting 17 named storms in Atlantic this hurricane season

May 15, 2025

Experts from Rice are available to speak with the media about hurricane and storm-related topics.

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A new wearable removes the guesswork from breastfeeding

May 14, 2025

While breastfeeding offers numerous benefits for both mother and baby, one challenge has persisted: It’s nearly impossible to know how much milk a baby is consuming.

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ENRICH Office’s Health Innovations Symposium showcases Rice-TMC biomedical collaboration ecosystem

May 14, 2025

Rice’s ENRICH Office hosted a two-day symposium April 24-25 at Helix Park highlighting the encompassing range of biomedical research at the university and the network of collaborations with institutions across the Texas Medical Center.

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Pasquali named fellow of The Society of Rheology

May 12, 2025

Rice’s Matteo Pasquali has been elected a fellow of The Society of Rheology (SoR).

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Spotlight from The Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony: Celebrating Naomi Halas

May 12, 2025

Rice scientist and engineer Naomi Halas was awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry May 1 at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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Machine learning powers new approach to detecting soil contaminants

May 9, 2025

A team of researchers at Rice and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil ⎯ even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a lab.

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New roadmap advances catalytic solutions to destroy ‘forever chemicals’

May 6, 2025

A team of researchers from Rice, Carnegie Mellon University and other leading global institutions has outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heterogeneous catalysis to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called “forever chemicals” that have contaminated water supplies worldwide.

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Rice experts can address severe weather and flooding risks caused by current omega block

May 6, 2025

Rice experts can address severe weather and flooding risks caused by current omega block.

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