Rice University geobiologist tapped for Antarctic drilling mission
April 25, 2022
Rice geobiologist Jeanine Ash is participating in an Antarctic mission that’s studying climate change.
NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students
April 22, 2022
The National Science Foundation has awarded 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice University students.
April 22, 2022
Rice scientists have developed an acid-based solvent that simplifies carbon nanotube processing.
A new view for science and engineering
April 6, 2022
Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, toured the construction site of the new Engineering and Science Building on April 5.
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
April 5, 2022
Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.
Living sensor research wins federal backing
April 4, 2022
Rice researchers are leading a federally funded project to improve communications between microelectronics and microorganisms.
NSF backs study of Mississippi River’s response to climate change
April 4, 2022
Rice climate scientists and engineers are studying how climate change will impact Mississippi River flooding.
Graphene gets enhanced by flashing
March 31, 2022
Rice University scientists who developed the flash Joule heating process to make graphene have found a way to produce doped graphene to customize it for applications.
Adrienne Correa wins CAREER Award
March 28, 2022
Rice marine biologist Adrienne Correa has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
A ‘quasi-juvenile delinquent’ at Rice rises to the top -- again
March 23, 2022
Rice University alumnus Dennis Sullivan wins the Abel Prize in Mathematics.
Run not just fun for Rice students, elementary partners
March 21, 2022
Getting out and mentoring elementary students in physical fitness turns out to be just as beneficial for college students, Rice University study finds.
Saudi Aramco joins Rice University’s Carbon Hub
March 21, 2022
Saudi Aramco joins Rice’s Carbon Hub research initiative to accelerate the energy transition by developing sustainable uses of hydrocarbons.
Rice, Houston Methodist launch Center for Human Performance
March 14, 2022
Rice and Houston Methodist are creating a center to advance research and education in human performance.
Closer look helps Rice lab ponder when a protein’s prone to wander
March 4, 2022
Rice chemists have discovered surface interactions could be tunable at the single-protein level
Faculty set Rice record with eight CAREER Awards
March 1, 2022
Rice faculty set a record, winning eight NSF CAREER Awards in 2002