Rice lab finds faster, cleaner way to extract lithium from battery waste
Rice researchers uncover a rapid, efficient and environmentally friendly method for selective lithium recovery using microwave radiation and a readily biodegradable solvent.
New $12M research project aims to provide ‘practical solutions to critical environmental challenges’
Scientists at Rice, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, are making headway in addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination.
Rice researchers develop innovative battery recycling method
A research team at Rice led by James Tour is tackling the environmental issue of efficiently recycling lithium ion batteries amid their increasing use.
Rice chemist James Tour has led a research team to develop a rapid electrothermal mineralization process, which in seconds can remediate the accumulation of synthetic chemicals that can contaminate soil and the environment.
New Rice research projects aim to ‘transform’ future of advanced materials
Rice materials scientist Boris Yakobson has won three awards from two federal agencies totaling $4,140,611 over several years to research challenging aspects of advanced materials’ production, performance and dynamics.
A number of Rice graduate programs are rated among the nation’s best in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
European Academy of Sciences honors Rice’s Pol Spanos with prestigious award
Rice’s Pol Spanos, the Lewis B. Ryon Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering by the European Academy of Sciences.
Electromechanical material doesn’t get ‘clamped’ down
A Rice-led study finds that a class of electromechanically active materials called antiferroelectrics may hold the key to overcoming performance limitations due to clamping in miniaturized electromechanical systems.
Rice chemist Gustavo Scuseria wins 2024 Schrödinger Medal
Pioneering Rice chemist Gustavo Scuseria has won the 2024 Schrödinger Medal from the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.
Rice students build low-cost cold spray metal 3D printer prototype
A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to create a metal part.
Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service
Each year, Rice honors members of the university community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service.
Rice’s Lane Martin elected as Materials Research Society fellow
Rice’s Lane Martin was elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) “for seminal contributions to the science of ferroelectric and multiferroic thin film materials.”
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
A team of researchers from Rice University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and testing their theory in chemical reactions.
A team of Rice researchers led by Angel Martí, professor and chair of chemistry and professor of bioengineering, materials science and nanoengineering, was awarded a $1.875 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to support its groundbreaking research in biological fibrillar nanostructures with potential implications for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Junichiro Kono tapped to lead Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute
Rice University’s Junichiro Kono has assumed leadership of the Smalley-Curl Institute, named for Nobel Laureates Richard Smalley and Robert Curl ’54 and home to some of the world’s most accomplished researchers in nanoscience, quantum science and materials science.
