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Rice researchers advancing microelectronics manufacturing on DARPA-funded team

July 22, 2024

Rice is a key partner on an $840 million project to develop the next generation of high-performing semiconductor microsystems for the U.S. Department of Defense.

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RSI awards seed funding grants to propel ‘pioneering’ space exploration research at Rice

July 19, 2024

The Rice Space Institute has awarded $150,000 in seed funding to Rice researchers to further our understanding of the universe and humanity’s place in it.

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Rice’s Emilia Morosan awarded prestigious Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

July 18, 2024

Physicist wins Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award

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Rice researchers unveil secrets behind viral precision

July 18, 2024

New research from Rice scientists is shedding light on how viruses ensure their survival by precisely timing the release of new viruses.

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Rice neuroscientists to build state-of-the-art neural recording system

July 17, 2024

Rice neural engineer Chong Xie and his team have won a $2.9 million R01 grant from the NIH to develop a state-of-the-art implantable neural electrode system that is highly biocompatible, untethered and capable of stable, long-term and large-scale neural recording and stimulation.

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Stress-related cell damage linked to negative mental and physical health effects among caregivers

July 17, 2024

Researchers at Rice have found that intense stress can be felt at the cellular level and is linked to negative physical and mental health effects.

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Rice lab develops smallest free-floating bubbles for medical imaging

July 15, 2024

Bioengineering researchers at Rice have developed ultrasmall, stable, gas-filled protein nanostructures that could revolutionize ultrasound imaging and drug delivery for cancers and infectious diseases.

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SSPEED Center, Rice Engineering to launch nature-based carbon credit research projects

July 15, 2024

The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center and the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice have announced plans to launch two research projects on nature-based carbon credits funded through a gift from Emissions Reduction Corp.

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Rice engineers’ probe could help advance treatment for spinal cord disease, injury

July 11, 2024

Rice neuroscientists have used a nanosized sensor to record spinal cord neurons in free-moving mice, a feat that could lead to the development of better treatments for spinal cord disease and injury.

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New Rice research projects aim to ‘transform’ future of advanced materials

July 8, 2024

Rice materials scientist Boris Yakobson has won three awards from two federal agencies totaling $4,140,611 over several years to research challenging aspects of advanced materials’ production, performance and dynamics.

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Rice’s Fred Oswald participates in US Department of Education event on AI in postsecondary education

June 28, 2024

Oswald attended the daylong event alongside artificial intelligence (AI) innovators from academic institutions throughout the U.S.

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Japanese migrants’ experiences in Texas celebrated in award-winning exhibit

June 25, 2024

Completed in time to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month in May 2023, Fondren Fellows project “History of Japanese Farmers in Texas” recently won the 2024 Texas Digital Library’s Trailblazer Award.

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Hospital prices, not insurance rates, may be cause of increased cost strain on consumers: Rice Baker Institute report

June 25, 2024

The gap between health insurance costs and workers’ wages has significantly expanded, and this trend has not only led to significant concerns about health care affordability but raised questions regarding whether hospitals or health insurance companies bear the blame for escalating costs, according to new research from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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Rice Kinder Institute report: Homeownership growing from historically affordable to out of reach for many Houston residents

June 20, 2024

Despite Houston’s longtime reputation as one of the most affordable large cities in the country, homeownership is increasingly out of reach for many of its residents, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.

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Study highlights most supportive ethnic group for COVID-19 vaccine mandates

June 18, 2024

Rice research of South Texas residents revealed that vaccinated Asian patients were significantly more likely than other ethnic/racial groups to support COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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