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Faculty set Rice record with eight CAREER Awards

March 1, 2022

Rice faculty set a record, winning eight NSF CAREER Awards in 2002

Vicky Yao

​​​​​​​Vicky Yao wins CAREER Award

February 28, 2022

Computer scientist Vicky Yao has won an NSF CAREER Award to develop computational tools to analyze and interpret DNA methylation.

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Gas flares tied to premature deaths

February 25, 2022

Rice engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019.

Woodson Research Center archivist Rebecca Russell, Fondren Library librarian Joe Goetz and English professor Alexander Regier gathered around replicas of William Blake's illuminated poems.

Fondren updates collection of William Blake replica prints and plates

February 25, 2022

Michael Phillips’ recreated Blake sets offer a rare opportunity to interact with 19th-century printing technology and artistry

Rice Ph.D. student Debadrita Jana painting microfossils aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution in February 2022

Voyage reveals wonder and beauty of ‘long-dead ocean dwellers’

February 25, 2022

Rice Ph.D. student Debadrita Jana is part of a scientific voyage exploring deep beneath the Indian Ocean.

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Army touts Rice contribution to graphene collaboration

February 24, 2022

Rice's graphene research is making its presence felt in the U.S. Army’s work to develop applications using the single-atom-thick form of carbon.

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Houston’s low-income neighborhoods hit hardest when disaster strikes, Harris County, Kinder Institute study shows

February 23, 2022

Houston’s low-income neighborhoods bear the biggest burdens during catastrophic events — from damage to older homes during natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and last year’s winter storm to economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — according to a Harris County Community Services Department analysis prepared by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

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Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early Africans lived, traveled and interacted

February 23, 2022

A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, traveled and even found their significant others.

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Yousif Shamoo honored for work as vice provost

February 21, 2022

Members of the Rice community came together Feb. 15 to honor Yousif Shamoo for his work as vice provost for research over the last seven years.

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Xue Sherry Gao wins CAREER Award

February 21, 2022

Rice engineer Xue Sherry Gao has won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to create versatile new toolkits for controlling gene expression.

Rice University physicists created synthetic dimensions in atoms by forcing them into Rydberg states, supersizing electrons’ orbits to make the atoms thousands of times larger than normal.

Physicists harness electrons to make ‘synthetic dimensions’

February 21, 2022

Rice University physicists have learned to manipulate electrons in gigantic Rydberg atoms with such precision they can create “synthetic dimensions” where the system acts as if it had extra spatial dimensions, which are important tools for quantum simulations.

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Inaugural class of Rice Innovation Fellows announced

February 17, 2022

The Provost’s Office and the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Lilie) have announced the inaugural class of Rice Innovation Fellows, a program that will provide educational and financial support to the next generation of scientist- and engineer-led spinout ventures.

Gang Bao

CPRIT supports work on combo cancer therapy

February 17, 2022

Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao is developing a three-pronged attack on solid cancer tumors. The research now has the support of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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Environmental champions win Rice grants

February 16, 2022

The Rice University Sustainable Futures Fund backs six projects to help bolster the planet’s environmental health.

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As time goes on, Americans are moving less often

February 16, 2022

Migration in the United States has been on a downward trend since the 1960s, according to new research from Rice University.

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