2D sandwich sees molecules with clarity
May 14, 2020
A 2D platform of molybdenum, sulfur and selenium is adept at detecting biomolecules via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Its nonmetallic nature helps by curtailing background noise.
2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties
May 7, 2020
Rice University researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.
Rice faculty part of Baylor Superfund program
May 6, 2020
A $10 million federal grant establishes a center to study how toxic chemicals from Superfund sites impact preterm births.
Water-splitting module a source of perpetual energy
May 4, 2020
Rice University researchers have integrated high-efficiency solar cells and electrode catalysts into an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel.
Rice engineers: Make wastewater drinkable again
April 27, 2020
Delivering water to city dwellers can become far more efficient, according to Rice University researchers who say it should involve a healthy level of recycled wastewater.
Rice wins federal grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy
April 24, 2020
A Rice University lab has won a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant to pursue gene-editing research it hopes will lead to a cure for sickle cell disease (SCD).
March 30, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis plays out, Rice University faculty have been proactively making the best of a difficult situation for their students.
Heart nanofibers in STAT Madness semifinals
March 27, 2020
Texas Heart Institute and Rice University’s heart-saving nanotube fibers have advanced to the semifinal round of STAT Madness.
Heart nanofibers in STAT Madness quarterfinals
March 20, 2020
Texas Heart Institute and Rice University’s heart-saving nanotube fibers have advanced to the quarterfinal round of STAT Madness.
Heart nanofiber project makes STAT Madness round 3
March 16, 2020
A Texas Heart Institute/Rice project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts advances to round 3 of STAT Madness.
Heart nanofibers make STAT Madness Round 2
March 9, 2020
The Rice/Texas Heart Institute project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts makes Round 2 of STAT Madness.
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
March 4, 2020
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.
Heart nanofiber breakthrough awaits your STAT Madness vote
March 2, 2020
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.