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Gov. Abbott to speak at Rice Baker Institute April 9 at Texas Electricity Policy Summit

Texas Governor Greg Abbott will speak at the April 9 Texas Electricity Policy Summit at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Protein ice cream company wins 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition

Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community.

Rice to host international conference exploring Michel Foucault’s legacy

Rice University will convene a group of international scholars as part Foucault: 40 Years After, a world congress commemorating the enduring legacy of Michel Foucault.

Discovery points path to flashlike memory for storing qubits

Rice physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material — and a method for finding more like it — that could potentially be used to create flashlike memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down.

Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes

A team of researchers from Rice University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and testing their theory in chemical reactions.

Rice Baker Institute experts examine effect of Taiwan’s presidential election on politics, energy

Experts on Northeast Asia’s energy security, policy and environmental efforts discussed the January Taiwan election on the latest podcast episode from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Mayor Whitmire to discuss Houston’s future at April 3 Rice Baker Institute event, livestream available

Mayor John Whitmire will participate in a wide-ranging conversation April 3 on the challenges and opportunities for Houston at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice’s Mark Torres wins NSF CAREER Award to examine river water chemistry

Mark Torres, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to unlock new insights in river water chemistry, including its implications for addressing environmental concerns.

Video: Future Rice Owls’ emotional reactions to acceptance letters

In a heartwarming display of emotion, potential future students of Rice University captured video of themselves opening their acceptance letters for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.

Rice study identifies protein responsible for gas vesicle clustering in bacteria

Rice University bioengineers and colleagues at Washington University in Saint Louis and Duke University identified a protein nanostructure that plays a role in the cellular structure of certain microorganisms, paving the way to more efficient biotechnological and biomedical applications.

New Rice research project ‘crucial for developing effective treatments’ for amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

A team of Rice researchers led by Angel Martí, professor and chair of chemistry and professor of bioengineering, materials science and nanoengineering, was awarded a $1.875 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to support its groundbreaking research in biological fibrillar nanostructures with potential implications for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Rice Emerging Scholars Program receives $2.5M NSF grant to boost STEM education

Rice University’s Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The funding aims to bolster achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among students from under-resourced families and communities.

Guidance counselors could help female high schoolers erase the STEM gender gap, suggests new research

New research from the Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) finds that female students may be more likely to stick with STEM curriculum when they receive support from high school guidance counselors.

Baker Institute’s Rachel Meidl appointed to national Roundtable on Plastics Committee

Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and sustainability at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, has been appointed to the Roundtable on Plastics Committee established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

National Medal of Science winner, Rice University Professor Richard Tapia to be honored for five decades of service at April 3 event

National Medal of Science winner Richard Tapia, a University Professor at Rice University who is widely recognized as a national leader in the preparation of women and underrepresented minorities for advanced degrees in science, engineering and mathematics, will be celebrated for five decades of service to the university at 4 p.m. April 3 at Rice’s Faculty Club.