Rice News Archive - 2021

Shannon Walker lecturing to students in Duncan Hall

Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students Jul. 21, 2021

This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.

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Dateline Rice for July 21, 2021 Jul. 21, 2021

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Baker Institute’s BCarbon recognized as top in the US Jul. 21, 2021

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Morrison named to Board of Trustees Jul. 21, 2021

Biochar’s benefits for the long-term sequestration of carbon and nitrogen on American farms are clear, but new research from Rice University shows it can help farmers save money on irrigation as well. The study showed that sandy soil, in particular, gains ability to retain more water when amended with biochar. (Credit: Masiello Lab/Rice University)

Biochar helps hold water, saves money Jul. 21, 2021

Biochar’s benefits for long-term storage of carbon and nitrogen on American farms are clear, but new research from Rice University shows it can help farmers save money on irrigation as well.

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Christian view of Prophet Muhammad explored in Rice sociologist’s new book Jul. 20, 2021

The world’s second-most-popular religion and its founder’s beliefs remain largely unknown to many people in Western society.

At left, top and side views of the crystal structures of perovskite-derived Cs3Bi2I9, a material synthesized at Rice University that shows valleytronics capabilities. Each unit cell contains two neighboring layers with a weak van der Waals interaction in between. At right: an image shows triangles of the material on a mica substrate. (Credit: Lou Group/Rice University)

Odds are good for unique 2D compound Jul. 20, 2021

Rice University engineers make 2D materials for valleytronics, a platform for information processing and storage that relies on the manipulation of electrons’ positions in energetic “valleys.”

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Dateline Rice for June 28, 2021 Jul. 19, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering James Sidbury, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, co-authored an article. The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.) http://dateline.rice/june-29-sidbury

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Phil Bedient honored by American Institute of Hydrology Jul. 19, 2021

Rice’s Phil Bedient has been awarded the American Institute of Hydrology's Ray K. Linsley Award in honor of outstanding contributions in surface water hydrology.

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Rice Athletics Hall of Fame to induct largest class in almost 50 years Jul. 19, 2021

The Rice Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome its largest class of inductees since 1973 when 11 are inducted Oct. 1 at The Westin Houston Medical Center.

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Dateline Rice for July 16, 2021 Jul. 16, 2021

A novel antibody-drug conjugate targets cancer cells, but also kills "bystander" cancer cells. Credit: Illustration by the Jenna Kripal/Nicolaou Research Group

Targeted tumors attack not-innocent bystanders Jul. 16, 2021

Antibody-drug conjugates developed are found to attack not only targeted tumor cells but also nontargeted “bystanders.”

Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine are using pClick conjugation to create therapeutic antibodies that target bone cancers. The conjugate incorporates bisphosphonate molecules that bind to the bone hydroxyapatite matrix. (Credit: Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University)

Drug doubles down on bone cancer, metastasis Jul. 16, 2021

Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine develop an antibody conjugate called BonTarg that delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis.

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Dateline Rice for July 15, 2021 Jul. 15, 2021

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Women’s rights advance in Mideast, North Africa -- to a point Jul. 15, 2021

HOUSTON – (July 15, 2020) – Although women’s rights have undergone significant reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), legislative change is not enough, according to the authors of a collection of briefs released by the Baker Institute.