DNA repair scheme gets closer look for cancer therapy
Rice bioscientists took a close look at one of the ways cells repair broken DNA and made a discovery about a promising target for cancer therapy.
DNA repair scheme gets closer look for cancer therapy
Rice bioscientists took a close look at one of the ways cells repair broken DNA and made a discovery about a promising target for cancer therapy.
‘Arabian Nights’ adventure in store at Rice Shepherd School Family Concert Jan. 28
An “Arabian Nights” adventure awaits attendees of the 2023 Shepherd School of Music Family Concert, set for Jan. 28 in Stude Concert Hall in Rice University’s Alice Pratt Brown Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Rice political scientist Mark Jones available to discuss fight over next speaker of the House
As the U.S. House of Representatives continues to debate over who its next speaker will be, Rice University political scientist Mark Jones is available to discuss how the high-stakes fight impacts the Republican and Democratic parties.
Lab lights way to simple chemical synthesis
Rice University scientists have developed a photochemical process to simplify the synthesis of drug and chemical precursors known as diamines.
Rice Shepherd School, Humanities professor wins top honor for musicology research
Peter Loewen , an associate professor of musicology in Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and a faculty member in the School of Humanities’ Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program, is the recipient of the American Musicological Society’s H. Colin Slim Award, the organization’s highest honor for published research.
Climate warming reduces organic carbon burial beneath oceans
A first-of-its-kind study suggests climate warming could reduce organic carbon burial and increase the amount of carbon that’s returned to the atmosphere.
More links aren’t necessarily better for hybrid nanomaterials
Chemists from Rice and the University of Texas have found more isn’t always better when it comes to packing charge acceptors atop nanocrystals.
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
Rice engineers find snapshots lead to bias in testing wastewater for antibiotic-resistant genes.
Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award
Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.
Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
Astronomers dove deep into the first images from the Webb Space Telescope and made a surprising discovery.
DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty
President Reginald DesRoches delivers his inaugural State of the University
Rice flashes new life into lithium-ion anodes
Rice chemists use flash Joule heating to recover graphite anodes from spent lithium-ion batteries.
Pathogenic sensor’s surprising capabilities revealed
Rice synthetic biologists have uncovered new capabilities of a genetically encoded sensor that allows salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens to sicken millions of people each year.
Padgett named NSF BRITE Fellow
Rice University engineer Jamie Padgett is one of five United States researchers to be named a National Science Foundation BRITE Fellow.
US names two Rice students inaugural Quad Fellows
Two Rice graduate students are among the inaugural recipients of the Quad Fellowship.