A new study by a team of researchers at Rice University and Houston Methodist’s Center for Neural Systems Restoration and Weill Cornell Medical Colleg...
Remote working tools like Zoom and Slack have been around for more than a decade, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that remote work really to...
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the...
Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse....
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms. ...
Rice’s Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences hosted its inaugural workshop Nov. 14-16....
Researchers at Rice have found a new way to improve a key element of thermophotovoltaic systems, which convert heat into electricity via light. Rice ...
Jonathan Mak, a third-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, recently earned the top prize at the inaugural Sorel-Tra...
Senior officials from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas visited Rice Nov.11 for a firsthand, comprehensive look at the university’...
Rice’s Center for Quantum Materials and Smalley-Curl Institute recently held two successive events aimed at advancing the field of quantum materials r...
Rice Emergency Medical Services recognized the 26th annual National Collegiate EMS Week Nov. 11-17 by hosting community education efforts and spirited...
The Rice community came together in a display of unity and purpose for the LUNGevity Breathe Deep Together Walk at Rice Stadium Nov. 16....
X-rays show how light transforms photosynthesis ‘switch’
January 7, 2020
Researchers at Rice and their colleagues get their first detailed look at how plant proteins reconfigure themselves when exposed to light.
Treat nonviolent drug offenses as public health issue, Baker Institute paper recommends
January 6, 2020
Drug use among people arrested for nonviolent drug offenses should be treated primarily as a public health issue, according to drug policy experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.
Snake-like proteins can wrangle DNA
January 2, 2020
Theoretical simulations at Rice University suggest structural maintenance of chromosome proteins coil not only around each other but also around the strands of DNA they help manipulate. These strands are formed into loops that regulate transcription and other cellular processes.
Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record
December 18, 2019
Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.
Rice University launches bold climate change initiative with Shell
December 9, 2019
With initial support from Shell, Rice University has launched Carbon Hub, a climate change research initiative to fundamentally change how the world uses hydrocarbons. Carbon Hub's goal is a zero-emissions future in which hydrocarbons are not burned. Instead, they are split to make clean hydrogen energy and valuable carbon materials.
Newborn baby deaths in Africa targeted in $68M initiative
October 3, 2019
A new global health initiative with Rice University roots could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of babies.
Malawi study confirms lasting impact of life-saving technology
September 20, 2019
A new study finds Malawi made sustained improvements in the survival of babies with respiratory illness by adopting CPAP nationwide.
Reflections on the beloved community
September 11, 2019
Students from Rice’s Black Male Leadership Initiative convened in Herring Hall Sept. 9 to reflect on their five-day cultural excursion to Atlanta, sponsored by the Dean of Undergraduates and the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance.
The Way I See It: Engineering healthy environments inside and outside the lab
September 5, 2019
Inspired by their professor, Rice bioengineering students find their mojo on the running track.
Physicists find first possible 3D quantum spin liquid
July 15, 2019
Rice physicists show cerium zirconium pyrochlore qualifies as the first possible 3D quantum spin liquid.