Study reveals how rising temperatures could lead to population crashes
Researchers at Rice have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species’ population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems.
McCary earns NSF CAREER Award to address invasive plants’ disruption to native ecosystems
Matt McCary, assistant professor of biosciences at Rice, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithium — a critical component in batteries for electric vehicles — a team of researchers from Rice’s Elimelech lab has developed a breakthrough lithium extraction method that could reshape the industry.
Rice supporting World Engineering Day as official partner
Rice is an official partner for UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development , which will be held at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters March 4.
Rice’s Sylvia Dee battling climate-driven diseases through Texas Virosphere Project
Rice’s Sylvia Dee has joined forces with Peter Hotez and a team of scientists at Baylor College of Medicine on a groundbreaking initiative called the Texas Virosphere Project.
New method developed to dramatically enhance bioelectronic sensors
In a breakthrough that could transform bioelectronic sensing, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Rice University has developed a new method to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of enzymatic and microbial fuel cells using organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs).
Rethinking equity in electric vehicle infrastructure
Xinwu Qian, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, is spearheading research that reimagines how and where charging stations should be deployed.
Avantika Gori, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, is leading an innovative project to address flooding in rural communities.
Rice senior Cat Tran to intern at SpaceX through Brooke Owens Fellowship
Rice senior Cat-Linh Tran has been selected as a 2025 Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing exceptional undergraduates pursuing careers in aerospace.
Harnessing failure as an asset: How Rice researchers are innovating smarter wearable tech
A new study by mechanical engineers at Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing explores how programmed failure in heat-sealable, sheet-based systems can be used to protect devices, enable complex sequencing of actions and even streamline control mechanisms.
Rice Wind Energy advances to final phase of Collegiate Wind Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Rice Wind Energy as one of 12 teams advancing to the final phase of the 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition.
Rice researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials (ELMs), enabling more precise control over their structure and how they respond to deformation forces like stretching or compression.
Emilia Morosan on team awarded Kavli Foundation grant for quantum geometry-enabled superconductivity
Rice physicist Emilia Morosan is part of an international research collaboration that has been awarded multimillion-dollar funding from The Kavli Foundation to develop and test next-generation superconductors.
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.
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.
