New Rice research: Tattoos not a turnoff for customers
Thinking of getting a tattoo but worried about consequences on the job? Maybe you shouldn’t be so concerned: New research from Rice University and the University of Houston finds that customers don’t necessarily look down on employees with tattoos – and in some settings, ink is seen as a plus.
Blood vessels are guides for stimulating implants
A wireless neurostimulator a little bigger than a grain of rice can be put in place alongside blood vessels to treat neurological diseases and chronic pain.
Graphene gets enhanced by flashing
Rice University scientists who developed the flash Joule heating process to make graphene have found a way to produce doped graphene to customize it for applications.
Rice's spectacular new opera hall to open with public events including community day, 'Don Giovanni'
As performance halls around the world open their doors again in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rice University's Shepherd School of Music will officially open the new Brockman Hall for Opera with a series of public events scheduled for next month.
A ‘quasi-juvenile delinquent’ at Rice rises to the top -- again
Rice University alumnus Dennis Sullivan wins the Abel Prize in Mathematics.
Don’t underestimate undulating graphene
A theory by Rice University scientists suggests putting graphene on an undulating surface stresses it enough to create a minute electromagnetic field. The phenomenon could be useful for creating 2D electron optics or valleytronics devices.
Wind, solar could replace coal power in Texas
A fraction of the wind and solar projects already proposed in Texas could eliminate the state’s remaining coal power plants and their emissions, according to Rice University engineers.
Germaine Franco ’84’s score for Disney’s “Encanto” is the music everyone is humming right now.
Thomas Senftle wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Thomas Senftle has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance machine learning techniques for designing new catalysts.
Saudi Aramco joins Rice University’s Carbon Hub
Saudi Aramco joins Rice’s Carbon Hub research initiative to accelerate the energy transition by developing sustainable uses of hydrocarbons.
Road map for recovery and resilience: New dashboard outlines post-disaster resources
A new dashboard developed by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research with support from Chevron offers a road map for people, organizations and governments in the Houston area who need help after disaster strikes.
Models for molecules show unexpected physics
Rice engineers discover unusual properties in magnetized colloids that surprisingly adhere to the physics described by Kelvin’s equation, which models the thermodynamics of molecular systems.
COVID-19 variants can’t hide from Variabel
Rice computer scientists introduce Variabel, which uses sequencing data to identify “low-frequency variants” of SARS-CoV-2 in public data sets. The program has also been tested on data from patients with Ebola and norovirus.
Two-thirds of Muslims, half of Jews and more than a third of evangelical Protestant Christians experience workplace discrimination, albeit in different ways, according to a new study from Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP).
A winning combo: Rice sport management students win trophy, score real-world experience
A team of four Rice University sport management students won the inaugural Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Case Study Cup, part of the organization’s annual conference hosted last month by the University of Houston.
