‘Bystander’ Cs meet their match in gene-editing technique
July 15, 2020
Biomolecular engineers at Rice have developed new tools to increase the accuracy of CRISPR single-base editing to treat genetic diseases.
Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance
July 13, 2020
Rice University engineers analyze the droppings of urban birds and show persistent levels of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria that may be transferred to humans through the environment.
Rice For Black Life empowers Black students to create change on campuses across America
July 7, 2020
The student group has big plans beyond its initial successful fundraiser.
Rice historian Melissa Kean retires
July 7, 2020
Her popular Rice History Corner blog will continue to live on.
Rice physicists win grant to continue Higgs study
July 6, 2020
Rice physicists win $1.3 million in Department of Energy funding to pursue ongoing research at the Large Hadron Collider.
Future Texas hurricanes: Fast like Ike or slow like Harvey?
July 6, 2020
Climate change will make fast-moving storms more likely in late 21st-century Texas.
Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury
July 6, 2020
Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides that appear after an injury.
Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels
June 29, 2020
Bioengineers keep cells alive in lab-grown tissues by creating networks of branching blood vessels from templates of 3D-printed sugar.
Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
June 29, 2020
Researchers at Rice University have discovered details about a novel type of polarized light-matter interaction with light that literally turns end over end as it propagates from a source.
Study finds new link between Alzheimer’s suspects
June 29, 2020
Researchers have described for the first time specific genes and pathways in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Rice lab’s bright idea is pure gold
June 29, 2020
Physicists discover plasmonic metals can produce “hot carriers” that emit unexpectedly bright light in nanoscale gaps between electrodes.
Little Free Libraries on campus encourage ‘fun’ reading, lifetime learning habits
June 25, 2020
Just weeks after their installation, the boxes are bursting with popular titles.
June 25, 2020
The history professor — and Rice alum — is among the 10 best teachers in Texas.
Rice shares grant for AI-driven COVID-19 research
June 25, 2020
Todd Treangen received a C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Award for computational biology research to apply AI models to COVID-19 mitigation.
June 24, 2020
The Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming will offer grants to students and faculty to counter anti-Black racism.