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Crown Princess of Sweden visits Rice

March 20, 2026

Swedish professors Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede and Anna-Karin Gustavsson, welcomed Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, Crown Princess of Sweden, to campus March 16.

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Replicating bacteria DNA relies on accordionlike folds to separate

March 19, 2026

Rice researchers discover that bacteria rely on repulsive forces, strengthened by the SMC family of proteins, to separate their DNA during replication.

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Rice energy, innovation experts presenting at CERAWeek 2026

March 18, 2026

Rice experts in innovation and energy will be presenting throughout the upcoming CERAWeek conference.

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Rice hosts first-of-its-kind workshop exploring how AI can accelerate discoveries in major neutrino experiment

March 16, 2026

Researchers at Rice recently convened an international group of scientists to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning could transform one of the world’s most ambitious physics experiments: the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

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Rice and IIT Madras announce recipients of Strategic Partnership Collaboration Awards

March 13, 2026

The three selected projects bring together faculty expertise from both universities in areas ranging from sustainable materials and entrepreneurship research to nuclear physics and detector technology.

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Rice scientists unveil new tool to watch quantum behavior in action

March 11, 2026

Rice University researchers Jianwei Huang and Ming Yi have developed a new capability, magnetoARPES, building on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) that allows researchers to study quantum behaviors they have been unable to resolve using ARPES alone. 

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Granular activated carbon-sorbed PFAS can be used to extract lithium from brine

March 10, 2026

James Tour and his research team developed a process to use PFAS to extract lithium from high-salinity brine pools in a study recently published in Nature Water.

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Rice selected to lead US Space Force Strategic Technology Institute 4

March 6, 2026

Rice University has signed an $8.1 million cooperative agreement to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 4 (SSTI), called the Center for Advanced Space Sensing Technologies (CASST) at Rice.

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Urban prairie gives birth to new ecological restoration site at Rice’s Harris Gully

March 6, 2026

Prairie grasses are transported to Harris Gully and other city prairies by volunteers from Rice and the Greater Houston Area.

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From moonquakes to Mars rovers: Rice science open house sparks curiosity in local community

March 5, 2026

Rice's second annual Earth, environmental and planetary science (EEPS) open house generated interest in science

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Rice joins Alief community efforts to cool campuses and neighborhoods with tree-planting event

March 4, 2026

The Rice Sustainability Institute has joined the effort to reduce heat in Alief with a focus on school environments.

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Rice’s SynthX Center leads up to $18M effort to transform lymphatic imaging

February 27, 2026

Rice's SynthX Center is leading a new effort to improve how doctors detect and diagnose lymphatic diseases.

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Part of campus transforms into living laboratory for Rice and visiting Alief students

February 19, 2026

Rice students in TREEStem class teach visiting Alief students ecological techniques using the campus as a living laboratory.

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Multimodel isotope simulations reveal unified picture of Earth’s water cycle

February 16, 2026

An international research team, including scientists from Rice, the University of Tokyo and NASA, has completed the first fully standardized comparison of isotope-enabled climate models.

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Rice hosts inaugural Houston Space Galette in honor of Texas-France Space Hub’s first anniversary

February 13, 2026

The Texas-France Space hub's first annual Houston Space Galette, held Feb. 12, fostered dialogue within the Houston space community.

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