Engineered dual-bacterial sensors turn chemical signals into electricity
Rice professor Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s group, working in collaboration with researchers from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine, recently developed a flexible bioelectrical sensor system called electroactive co-culture sensing system (e-COSENS).
10 years after Tax Day flood, Rice researchers warn of hidden risk
Ten years after the 2016 Tax Day flood inundated parts of the Houston region with nearly two feet of rain in a matter of hours, new research from Rice suggests a similar storm today could have far greater consequences.
Prabhakar Raghavan, chief technologist at Google, was the featured speaker in the Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture Series.
RBL LLC launches Duracyte, advancing living pharmacy platform in Houston’s growing biotech hub
RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio dedicated to rapidly building companies based on breakthrough medical technologies, today announced the launch of Duracyte, a biotechnology company commercializing a pioneering class of implantable “biohybrid pharmacy” devices designed to produce therapeutic proteins continuously inside the human body.
Rice research helps power safe return of astronauts in historic Orion splashdown
When NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean April 10, a critical piece of the spacecraft’s safe return traced back to research at Rice.
Rice bioengineer to lead national organization, advocate for research funding on Capitol Hill
The Rice bioengineering department helped host the annual meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, where two Rice faculty were inducted as Fellows and Michael King stepped in as president.
Rice researchers redefine what we can build by 3D printing electronics with focused microwaves
In a recently published paper in Science Advances, a team led by Rice’s Yong Lin Kong describes a new 3D-printing process with focused microwaves that overcomes a fundamental constraint of electronics 3D printing.
AI spots hidden behavior patterns in self-organizing bacteria
A custom-built artificial intelligence system developed by Rice researchers helped uncover how bacterial communities self-organize.
Rice researchers find sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth’s
Rice researchers recreate Mercury rocks, showing that sulfur replaces oxygen in key rock structures.
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point-of-Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care Access, a Rice-led collaboration of partners from three continents and based in the Texas Medical Center, has announced its second round of subawardees.
Watch: Provost Dittmar, Project Metis leaders outline vision for brain health, brain economy
Four months after its launch, Project Metis is building momentum — with a new website and video offering a deeper look at the initiative’s vision to position the Houston-Galveston region as a global leader in brain health and the emerging brain economy.
Rice study resolves decades-old mystery in organic light-emitting crystals
Researchers at Rice have now solved a long-standing mystery in a widely used organic semiconductor, revealing how tiny structural imperfections can actually improve how these materials work.
Rice among top research institutions advancing largest coastal protection effort in US history
Rice will contribute its expertise to the newly established Coastal Texas Research Council, a scientific and technical hub supporting the historic Coastal Texas Project.
Rice scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting ‘new chapter’ in chemistry
Rice researchers develop a way to create new interaction between dioxygen and a lanthanide metal called neodymium, enabling the creation of lanthanide-oxos.
Scientists uncover new method to generate protein datasets for training AI
Rice researchers develop an method to quickly produce protein activity data needed to train predictive AI models for improved protein function.
