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Evangelical Christians more likely to avoid issue of racial injustice following murder of George Floyd

June 17, 2024

Following the murder of George Floyd, evangelical Christians were more likely to avoid the issue of racial injustice, while mainline Protestants and Black clergy addressed the topic in their congregations and in some cases took a stand against it.

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Rice lab achieves major gains in perovskite solar cell stability

June 13, 2024

Rice lab develops new chemistry to achieve commercially relevant stability and performance for perovskite solar cells.

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Rice’s Baker Institute unveils Neuro-Policy Program, $1M gift to advance Texas ‘brain capital’

June 12, 2024

A $1 million gift to Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy from Harry Yan and Weiman Gao will establish a new Neuro-Policy Program to advance interdisciplinary approaches to addressing brain health challenges as well as spurring economic opportunity.

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Rice ranks among Top 100 US universities for utility patents

June 5, 2024

​A new list published by the National Academy of Inventors June 4 highlights Rice’s push for patenting its innovative research. With 14 utility patents issued in 2023 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Rice ranks among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents according to the NAI.

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Rice gathers world’s top medical humanities minds in Paris

June 3, 2024

Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute recently held a research summit at the Paris Center, convening leading international researchers to explore critical issues at the intersection of medicine and humanities.

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In the brain at rest, neurons rehearse future experience

May 30, 2024

New research from Rice and the University of Michigan sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals’ first time running a maze, offering first proof of neuroplasticity during sleep.

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Rice researchers uncover surprising role of opioid receptors in gut development

May 29, 2024

Researchers at Rice have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system.

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Research security as a top government, university priority examined at Rice Baker Institute workshop

May 28, 2024

Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a workshop with experts spanning disciplines such as public policy, mathematics, physics, computer sciences, engineering and the social sciences to chart a path forward for the emerging field of research on research security.

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Electromechanical material doesn’t get ‘clamped’ down

May 23, 2024

A Rice-led study finds that a class of electromechanically active materials called antiferroelectrics may hold the key to overcoming performance limitations due to clamping in miniaturized electromechanical systems.

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Wearable devices get signal boost from innovative material

May 22, 2024

An international team of researchers from Rice and Hanyang University have developed a new material that moves like skin while preserving signal strength in electronics. The technology could enable the development of next-generation wearable devices with continuous, consistent wireless and battery-free functionality.

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Chemist Julian West makes C&EN magazine’s ‘Talented 12’ list

May 20, 2024

Rice University chemist Julian West is one of a dozen up-and-coming young scientists featured in Chemical & Engineering News’ (C&EN) 2024 Talented 12, an annual issue of the weekly news magazine that highlights rising stars across all chemistry research disciplines.

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Global collaboration takes root in Paris: Rice and PSL forge research ties

May 16, 2024

Rice University and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) convened leading researchers for a daylong summit May 14 at the Rice Global Paris Center, following the official launch of a strategic research partnership between the two institutions.

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Rice’s Mamouras wins NSF CAREER Award

May 14, 2024

Konstantinos Mamouras, assistant professor of computer science at Rice, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to create software tools to support the development of advanced Internet of Things applications.

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Rice, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres launch strategic global partnership for research and innovation

May 14, 2024

Rice University and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, two of the world’s leading urban research and higher education institutions, announced Monday in Paris the signing of a strategic partnership for research and innovation on major global challenges and opportunities.

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Ken Kennedy Institute launches AI, data and computing seed funding initiative

May 9, 2024

The Ken Kennedy Institute, in collaboration with the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute, Smalley-Curl Institute and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, awarded $175,000 in support of seven innovative research projects looking to establish new paradigms in AI, data and computing.

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