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Rice scientists’ discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s therapies

January 25, 2023

A novel approach to the study of amyloid-beta, a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease, has led Rice University scientists to findings that could have a significant impact on the understanding and potential treatment of the disease.

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Naomi Halas named University Professor

January 23, 2023

Rice University has promoted nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas to its highest academic rank, University Professor. Halas, a 33-year member of Rice’s faculty, becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.

Rick WIlson

Can you judge trustworthiness based on looks? Rice research says no

January 23, 2023

How many times have you heard someone say, “He looks trustworthy”? As it turns out, you can’t trust appearances..

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New enzyme could mean better drugs

January 23, 2023

Biomolecular engineers at Rice University identified a new enzyme that catalyzes the Nobel Prize-winning Diels-Alder reaction.

Jamie Padgett wins 2023 O'Donnell Award for research in engineering

Rice’s Jamie Padgett wins Texas academy’s O’Donnell Award

January 17, 2023

Rice University structural engineer Jamie Padgett has received the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.

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Research on televised opera, slave voyages honored with National Endowment for the Humanities grants

January 17, 2023

A Rice University musicologist and history professor are among the recipients of 2023 grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for their research projects on televised opera and tracking historical slave trading voyages.

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Inner ear has a need for speed

January 17, 2023

Rice bioengineers and applied physicists, together with and colleagues at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago, have unlocked the mechanism of the fastest synapses in the human body. A previously hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain, and researchers from Rice University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.

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Nanoparticles make it easier to turn light into solvated electrons

January 17, 2023

Chemists from Rice, UT Austin and Stanford have uncovered the long-sought mechanism of a light-driven process that creates solvated electrons, inherently clean chemical reactants that are attractive for green chemistry.

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New fluorescent dye can light up the brain

January 17, 2023

Rice chemist Han Xiao and Stanford researcher Zhen Cheng have developed a tool for noninvasive brain imaging that can help illuminate hard-to-access structures and processes. Their small-molecule dye is the first of its kind that can cross the blood-brain barrier, allowing researchers to differentiate between healthy brain tissue and a glioblastoma tumor in mice.

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3 out of 4 parents say social media is a major distraction for students, according to new study

January 12, 2023

The vast majority of parents believe social media is a major distraction for students, according to a new nationwide study.

Jerzy Szablowski

DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm

January 12, 2023

Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.

Guide RNA leads multiple base editors to their target base pairs in the fungal genome.

Rice University scientists get fungi to spill their secrets

January 6, 2023

As anyone who has ever attended a cocktail party can tell you, shedding inhibitions makes you more talkative and possibly more prone to divulging secrets. Fungi, it turns out, are no different from humans in this respect.

Rice University postdoctoral researcher Chuxuan Li

DNA repair scheme gets closer look for cancer therapy

January 6, 2023

Rice bioscientists took a close look at one of the ways cells repair broken DNA and made a discovery about a promising target for cancer therapy.

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​​​​​​​Lab lights way to simple chemical synthesis

January 5, 2023

Rice University scientists have developed a photochemical process to simplify the synthesis of drug and chemical precursors known as diamines.

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​​​​​​​Climate warming reduces organic carbon burial beneath oceans

January 4, 2023

A first-of-its-kind study suggests climate warming could reduce organic carbon burial and increase the amount of carbon that’s returned to the atmosphere.

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