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Chip Simplifies Covid-19 Testing, Delivers Results on a Phone

Programmed magnetic nanobeads enable diagnostic device designed at Rice University

Collagen Structures Get the Royal Reveal

Rice lab’s SCEPTTr program predicts properties of essential connective proteins

Luminescent Windows Generate Energy from Inside and Out

Rice engineers develop polymer cores that redirect light from any source to solar cells

The Game’s Afoot in Virtual Chemistry Lab

Rice instructors ‘gamify’ video-recorded experiment for undergraduates

New Crispr Tech Targets Human Genome’s Complex Code

Rice’s programmable CRISPR/Cas9-based kinase offers insights into, control over regulatory histone proteins

‘Defective’ Carbon Simplifies Hydrogen Peroxide Production

Plasma processing modifies carbon black powder to catalyze valuable chemical

Failed Storage Tanks Pose Atmospheric Risks During Disasters

Rice study models how spilled chemicals likely spread during Ike, Harvey

Study Shows Why Anesthetic Stops Cell’s Walkers in Their Tracks

Simulations show how propofol disrupts stride of kinesins that carry cargo

Carbon Monoxide Reduced to Valuable Chemical

Rice engineers’ reactor converts gas directly into acetic acid

Rice ‘Flashes’ New 2d Materials

Metastable metallic nanoparticles could find use in electronics, optics

2D Compound Shows Unique Versatility

Multifunctional nanomaterial proposed by Rice could enhance solar energy, quantum computing

Simple Bioreactor Makes ‘Gut Check’ More Practical

Rice, Baylor device mimics intestines to show how invading bacteria cause disease

Even Good Gene Edits Can Go Bad

Rice lab develops procedure to find large deletions, other anomalies in ‘on-target’ CRISPR-Cas9 editing

Rna-Editing Tool a Fast, Sensitive Test for Covid-19

Rice, Connecticut labs engineer Cas13 to simplify the identification of coronavirus

Bird’s Enzyme Points Toward Novel Therapies

Rice University scientists imbue cells with ‘noncanonical’ pathway to make own drugs

Solvent Study Solves Solar Cell Durability Puzzle

Rice-led project could make perovskite cells ready for prime time

Optical Rule Was Made to Be Broken

Rice engineers’ formula IDs materials for virtual reality, 3D displays

New Weapon Targets Antibiotic Resistance

Rice lab leads development of light-activated hemithioindigo molecules to kill infectious bacteria

Powering an ‘Arm’ with Air Could Be Mighty Handy

Walking feeds pressure to pneumatic robots that could help those with disabilities

Brushing Thin Films onto Electrodes Preserves Batteries

Rice technique shows creating films on lithium anodes gives them longer life