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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.

A schematic and electron microscope cross-section show the structure of an integrated, solar-powered catalyst to split water into hydrogen fuel and oxygen. The module developed at Rice University can be immersed into water directly to produce fuel when exposed to sunlight. Illustration by Jia Liang

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.

A schematic representation of the hybrid water supply system developed by engineers at Rice University. The researchers suggest that delivering water to city dwellers can become far more efficient, and that it should involve a healthy level of recycled wastewater. (Credit: Lu Liu/Rice University)

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.

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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).

carbon nanotube fibers

Final faceoff: It’s THI/Rice vs. MIT for STAT Madness championship

April 2, 2020

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“I do,” just in time: Newlywed grad students rush to return to Rice from India

April 1, 2020

iPhone being held up by pencils and books

Class acts, from a distance

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 nanotube fiber graphic

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 nanotube fiber graphic

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 nanotube fiber graphic

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 nanotube fiber graphic

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.

Atoms of boron and nitride align on a copper substrate to create a large-scale, ordered crystal of hexagonal boron nitride. The wafer-sized material could become a key insulator in future two-dimensional electronics. (Credit: Tse-An Chen/Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.)

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 nanotube fiber graphic

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.

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Nagarajaiah wins ASCE’s Newmark Medal

February 20, 2020

Rice engineer Satish Nagarajaiah has been awarded the 2020 Nathan M. Newmark Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Carbon black powder turns into graphene in a burst of light and heat through a technique developed at Rice University. Flash graphene turns any carbon source into the valuable 2D material in 10 milliseconds. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash

January 27, 2020

Scientists at Rice University are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene that can then strengthen concrete and other composite materials.

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