Rice labs tapped for brain research by UK funding agency with multimillion-dollar awards
Four Rice research groups are part of an inaugural cohort of 18 projects funded by the U.K.’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency to unlock cutting-edge brain-interfacing technologies.
Hard without hardship: Rice CTE’s Symposium on Teaching and Learning examines building student trust
Rice’s 12th annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) addressed student trust and how teachers can most effectively build it in their classrooms.
In Houston’s Texas Medical Center Helix Park, RBL LLC is transforming the path from scientific discovery to lifesaving therapies. This new biotech venture creation studio is designed to rapidly build companies around cutting-edge innovations from Rice University’s Biotech Launch Pad, aiming to bring advanced treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.
Rice Real Estate Co. announces support for affordable housing development in Houston’s Third Ward
Rice Real Estate Co. has entered into an agreement with Brinshore Development and Family Scholar House to support a new housing development in Houston’s Third Ward.
Rice students catch ‘Rides with Reggie’
Kicking off the spring semester, Rice President Reginald DesRoches took the wheel of a golf cart, giving students fun rides across campus and a memorable start to classes!
The Brain House at Davos: Rice is helping lead brain health innovation at World Economic Forum
The Brain House at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) upcoming annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is a marquee platform designed to spotlight the critical importance of brain health and how innovation in “brain capital” can address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Sponsored by Rice University for the second consecutive year, The Brain House hosted by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Jan. 20-24 will showcase a series of events featuring leading experts in health and innovation who are advancing global brain health.
An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in electronics cooling, self-cleaning technologies and anti-icing systems.
Immersion and growth: How the Rice in Country program transforms student lives
Walking through the streets of Mérida, Mexico, in the early morning light, Sammi Frey made her way to the local gym.
Polygamy is (not) for the birds
Researchers at Rice have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time.
In a significant step toward creating a sustainable and circular economy, Rice researchers have published a landmark study demonstrating that carbon nanotube fibers can be fully recycled without any loss in their structure or properties.
A recent Rice study examines financial vulnerability within the region.
Global collaboration funds new projects to advance cancer detection technologies
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care has announced its inaugural group of subawardees.
Rice researchers find dialysis ‘astonishingly effective’ for treating wastewater
Researchers at Rice, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic wastewaters.
Economist Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice, has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Houston Branch board of directors by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The Houston Branch board consists of seven members, four appointed by the Dallas Fed and three appointed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.
Mathematical methods point to possibility of particles long thought impossible
New research by Rice physicists shows the possibility for particles that are neither bosons nor fermions.
