Rice researchers developed a way to stabilize diamond during high-temperature and low-pressure processing.
Who’s writing your medical record? AI in exam room more than notetaker
In a new article published in The Lancet, Rice’s Kirsten Ostherr and her co-authors argue that these tools known as ambient scribes do far more than take notes.
Research explores how faith and work can coexist in increasingly diverse workplace
Rice sociologist's research on faith in the workplace is helping organizations navigate religious diversity and has earned national recognition for its public impact.
A new way to beat jet lag? Engineered cells speed circadian adjustment
Researchers at Rice, with the support of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad and Northwestern University have developed an implantable cell therapy that may help the body adapt more quickly to jet lag.
Undergraduate researchers showcase a summer of discovery
Rice’s 2026 class of summer undergraduate researchers gathered at the BioScience Research Collaborative last week for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry.
Scientists uncover new clue to how protons maintain their identity
New results from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) suggest that gluons, the gluelike particles that hold quarks together inside protons, play a central role in the conservation of baryon number, an essential part of a particle’s quantum identity.
Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery
A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to stroke rehabilitation.
Rice researchers discover new way to tune electron flow in altermagnet material
Rice’s Pengcheng Dai recently published a paper in Physical Review X describing the first successful efforts to put a proposed altermagnet material into a single magnetic domain state, allowing the research team to characterize the material’s intrinsic magnetic structure.
A small squeeze reveals new clues about an unusual kind of magnet
Researchers at Rice have found that gently squeezing a crystal of iron sulfide can change two of its unusual properties at the same time: its tiny magnetic signal and the way electricity moves through it.
Rice doctoral graduate helps push quantum computing into fusion energy research
Thiago J. Pinheiro is helping tackle one of the fundamental challenges facing fusion energy — using some of the world’s most advanced computing tools.
Rice lab develops new technique for rapid production of advanced materials
Rice professor James Tour developed an ultrafast method for producing MXenes.
Rising insurance costs deepen Texas’ housing affordability challenge
New research suggests insurance premiums are playing an increasingly important role in housing affordability across the state.
Rice researchers use electrical charge to improve controlled peptide delivery
Rice engineers have developed a new strategy for controlling how therapeutic peptides are released from gelatin-based materials, a step that could make the small but powerful molecules more useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Rice bioengineers develop biochemical halo to cloak insulin-producing cells from body defenses
Rice researchers engineered a living factory.
Rice to lead $15M Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications
Rice will lead a $15M Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications.