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STaRT@Rice expands to include other Houston universities in second year

October 17, 2022

For the second year in a row, Rice University’s School of Social Sciences held STaRT@Rice, an innovative program that provides a snapshot of the research process coupled with professionalization training.

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How much is that medical procedure? In Houston, it depends on which hospital you choose

October 12, 2022

How much you pay for medical procedures and hospital admissions in Houston varies widely depending on where you go for treatment, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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NSF backs bid to speed environmental tests for viruses

October 11, 2022

The NSF backs Rice University efforts to speed the analysis of wastewater for coronaviruses from hours to seconds.

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Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials

October 11, 2022

Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.

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Halas, Nordlander honored in Rome

October 10, 2022

Italian President Sergio Mattarella presented Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander the 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award in an Oct. 3 ceremony in Rome's Quirinal Palace.

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Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease goal of new research project from Rice neuroscientist

October 10, 2022

More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, for which there is no cure. Early detection is critical to managing symptoms.

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Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study

October 5, 2022

Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.

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Transgender adults more likely to suffer from disability than cisgender counterparts, Rice U. study reveals

October 3, 2022

A new study by a Rice University researcher shows transgender adults of any age are more susceptible to disability than those who are cisgender.

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Fluidic circuits add analog options for controlling soft robots

September 28, 2022

Soft robotics researchers from Rice and Harvard have created a nonelectronic control system that uses air to process information.

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Health care workers need better training to support immigrants’ mental health needs, study shows

September 26, 2022

A new study from Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio finds health care workers need better training on communication, mental health and culture to support immigrant mental health needs.

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

September 22, 2022

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria

September 22, 2022

Rice bioscientists have created bacteria that self-assembles into a material like putty that could soak up pollutants.

Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.

Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies

September 19, 2022

Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.

The manufacture of high-efficiency solar cells with layers of 2D and 3D perovskites may be simplified by solvents that allow solution deposition of one layer without destroying the other.

Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle

September 19, 2022

Rice engineers simplify the manufacture of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.

Rice University physicists (from left) Chandan Setty, Lei Chen, Qimiao Si and Haoyu Hu

Physicists demo method for designing topological metals

September 15, 2022

Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.

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