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Mount Sharp’ Inside Gale Crater, Mars by NASA

Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars

January 5, 2026

Rice researchers found thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars.

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Rice hosts US-Japan Space Forum to advance commercial orbit cooperation

December 4, 2025

Rice welcomed government, industry and academic leaders for the 2025 U.S.-Japan Space Forum.

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Rice’s Johns-Krull plays key role in new satellite mission to uncover hidden stellar activity

December 1, 2025

Rice's Christopher Johns-Krull plays key role in new satellite mission to uncover hidden stellar activity.

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Oceanographers unveil new framework linking surface microbes to deep ocean carbon storage

November 26, 2025

Oceanographers including Sven Kranz have discovered a significant connection between small-scale microbial processes and ecosystemwide dynamics.

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Rice establishes Amyloid Research Center to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

November 18, 2025

Rice has launched the Amyloid Mechanism and Disease Center, a new campus hub dedicated to uncovering the molecular origins of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other amyloid-related diseases.

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Rice celebrates 50 years of discovery with the Wiess School of Natural Sciences

November 17, 2025

More than 300 guests gathered Nov. 6 at Hotel ZaZa in Houston’s Museum District for a dinner and alumni awards ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences as an independent school at Rice.

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Rice and Université Paris Sciences and Lettres expand partnership with International Scholars and Articulated Degrees Program

November 13, 2025

The first-of-its-kind initiative links two of the world’s leading research universities to create shared academic pathways and immersive undergraduate experiences across Houston, Paris and PSL’s campus in Sophia Antipolis.

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Rice launches Brain Institute to accelerate discoveries in brain science and health

October 29, 2025

Rice has announced the creation of the Rice Brain Institute, an ambitious, interdisciplinary hub that unites faculty members across campus, including engineering, natural sciences and social sciences, to tackle one of humanity’s most complex and promising frontiers: the brain.

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Listening to the night: Rice graduate researcher studies Houston’s bats to unlock secrets of health and the city

October 27, 2025

Alexandria Shockney, a second-year doctoral student, studies the migration physiology of the Mexican free-tailed bat.

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Lighting up life: Rice scientists develop glowing sensors to track cellular changes as they happen

October 23, 2025

Researchers at Rice have engineered living cells to use a 21st amino acid that illuminates protein changes in real time.

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Rice planetary scientists link Jupiter’s birth to Earth’s formation zone

October 22, 2025

New research from Rice suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, carving out rings and gaps that ultimately explain one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetary science: why many primitive meteorites formed millions of years after the first solid bodies.

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Art meets science in new Moody exhibit showcasing coral reef fish

October 21, 2025

A new display at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts showcases work led by Kory Evans, assistant professor of biosciences, whose research examines how bony fish adapt, diversify and survive amid a rapidly changing climate.

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Rice study reveals Parkinson’s protein clumps rob brain cells of vital energy

October 20, 2025

A new study has revealed that protein clumps associated with Parkinson’s can actively drain energy from brain cells.

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A new chapter for Rice: First fall schedule of classes in Paris proving to be success

October 17, 2025

The inaugural semester of student programming at the Rice Global Paris Center is a collaboration between the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and Rice Global with support from the School of Social Sciences and School of Humanities and Arts.

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Rice celebrates 40 years since the discovery of carbon-60 or ‘buckyballs’ with 2 days of events

October 16, 2025

Rice celebrated the 40th anniversary of the discovery of carbon-60.

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