There’s a reason bacteria stay in shape
Oct. 6, 2020
A primal mechanism in bacteria that keeps them in their personal Goldilocks zones -- that is, just right -- appears to depend on two random means of regulation, growth and division, that cancel each other out. The same mechanism may give researchers a new perspective on disease, including cancer.
Earth grows fine gems in minutes
Oct. 6, 2020
Aquamarine, emerald, garnet, zircon and topaz are but a few of the crystalline minerals found mostly in pegmatites, veinlike formations that commonly contain both large crystals and hard-to-find elements like tantalum and niobium. Another common find is lithium, a vital component of electric car batteries.
Rice Public Art transforms temporary classrooms into public art destinations
Oct. 6, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2020) – The tent-like structures serving as temporary classroom spaces at Rice University during the pandemic could have been left as they were built: tall, steel-framed, silvery-white facilities tucked behind a row of live oak trees near Hanszen College at the corner of College Way and Alumni Drive.
People, papers and presentations October 5, 2020
Oct. 5, 2020
Rice alumnae Elisa Arango, Susannah Dittmar, Lauren Payne and Sanika Rane are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their Universally Friendly Obturator, a customizable device developed at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen that simplifies radiation therapy for patients with cervical cancer.
Gemini South's high-def version of 'A Star is Born'
Oct. 5, 2020
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is still more than a year from launching, but the Gemini South telescope in Chile has provided astronomers from Rice University and Dublin City University a glimpse of what the orbiting observatory should deliver.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 5, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
Oct. 5, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Urban planning experts share 3 characteristics of an ideal neighborhood to live in during a pandemic
An article cites a March article authored by Bill Fulton, director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, about the future of cities after the pandemic.
MSN (This Insider article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-fulton
Musicians may need more than social distancing to stay safe on stage
Oct. 5, 2020
Keeping musicians safe while they're on stage during the pandemic may require more than just social distancing, according to a study of exhaled aerosols conducted by Rice University engineers and musicians from Rice's Shepherd School of Music and the Houston Symphony.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 2, 2020
Oct. 2, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
'Live at Five'
A broadcast features Rice's plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which includes conducting tests, requiring face masks and holding some classes outdoors in semipermanent structures. Jerusha Kasch, director of institutional crisis management, is interviewed.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-kasch (This segment aired twice.)
Dateline Rice for Oct. 1, 2020
Oct. 1, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Despite delayed start, Rice football 'in a good place'
Several articles and broadcasts mention that Rice postponed its football games through mid-October. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted and interviewed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 1 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-1-bloomgren