Christmas week: Worlds will align for spectacular heavenly sight
Early in the evening of Dec. 21, people the world over will get a chance to see Jupiter and Saturn line up closer together in Earth's night sky than they have been since just before daybreak on the morning of March 4, 1226.
Rice names new round of IDEA winners
Six teams of Rice researchers have won backing from the InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards.
At our cores, we’re all strengthened by ‘dumbbells’
Scientists at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics detail the structure of dumbbell-like sequences in DNA during interphase that suggest several unseen aspects of chromosome configuration and function.
A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes
Nanophotonics researchers at Rice University, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Italian Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel technique for modulating light at terahertz frequencies with plasmonic metasurfaces.
New Nobel laureate has Rice on resume
Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose is now a Nobel laureate, but once upon a time, he was Rice's Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics.
Gemini South's high-def version of 'A Star is Born'
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is still more than a year from launching, but the Gemini South telescope in Chile has provided astronomers from Rice University and Dublin City University a glimpse of what the orbiting observatory should deliver.
Karl Ecklund named American Physical Society Fellow
Karl Ecklund, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Shape matters for light-activated nanocatalysts
Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light, according research from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics.
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Rice researchers show how thermoelectricity hurdles some defects, but not others, in gold nanowires. The discovery has implications for making better thin-film electronic devices.
Quantum leap for speed limit bounds
Nature's speed limits aren't posted on road signs, but Rice University physicists have discovered a new way to deduce them that is better — infinitely better, in some cases — than prior methods.
Pope picks Rice professor for science academy
Rice University physicist José Onuchic has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Largest gift in Rice history establishes The Welch Institute
The Robert A. Welch Foundation announces the largest single gift in the history of Rice University, $100 million, to establish The Welch Institute for world-leading advanced materials research.
Rice physicist Ronald Stebbings dies at 91
Ronald Stebbings, a Rice University emeritus professor of space physics and astronomy, former dean of undergraduates and first vice president of student affairs, dies at 91.
Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory
Researchers model the binding structures of actin and associated proteins they believe are responsible for the formation of longterm memory.
