Chemists develop new method for making pharmaceutical intermediates
An article features Rice research that developed a method to reduce alkenes, molecules used to simplify synthesis, to more useful intermediates for drugs and other compounds via a dual-catalyst technique known as cooperative hydrogen atom transfer, or cHAT. Julian West, assistant professor of chemistry, and postdoctoral researcher Padmanabha Kattamuri are quoted.
Laboratory Equipment
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-west
HBO’s 'Lovecraft Country' and the Necronomicon -- how a fictional book of spells has inspired nearly 100 years of fan fiction and real magic
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought and associate dean of humanities, is quoted.
Pop Dust
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-kripal
The radical history of self-care
BBC Radio 4 (This segment aired on BBC Radio 4 and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-kripal
A woman is struck by lightning. Did she meet God?
To the Best of Our Knowledge (This radio segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S., and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-kripal
Valleys on view in layered 2D perovskite
Engineers at Rice and Texas A&M University have found a 2D material, a derivative of a crystal with a distinctive structure known as a perovskite, that could make computers faster and more energy-efficient. Co-authors quoted include Jun Lou, associate chair and professor of materials science and nanoengineering; Hanyu Zhu, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering; and postdoctoral fellow Jia Liang.
Materials Today
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-lou
Scientists find path to nanodiamond from graphene
An article features collaborative Rice research that found that a chemically driven process to make high-quality diamane, the 2D form of diamond, is theoretically possible. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, and postdoctoral associate Pavel Sorokin are quoted.
ChemEurope.com (This article also appeared in Chemie.de.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-yakobson
An additional planet between Saturn and Uranus was kicked out of the solar system
An article features collaborative Rice research that conducted 6,000 simulations of the Milky Way's evolution, revealing new details about Jupiter and Saturn's original relationship. André Izidoro, the CLEVER Planets Postdoctoral Research Associate in Earth, environment and planetary science, is quoted.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-izidoro
Rice University scientists modify 'flash graphene' technique with a special focus on plastic
An article features Rice research that modified a method to make flash graphene to enhance it for recycling plastic into high-quality turbostratic graphene. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Wala Algozeeb are quoted.
Graphene-info.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-2-tour
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