Sanding powder into a material provides the right properties for superhydrophobicity
Rice University survey suggests some aren’t considering dangerous conditions to come
Rice bioscientists use mixed-reality headset, custom software to measure vegetation in the field
Lab manipulates dead spiders’ legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers
Nanotube-embedded coating detects threats from wear and tear in large structures
Program identifies conserved SARS-CoV-2 peptides that could be used to develop vaccines
Rice chemists adapt instant process to make more valuable nanomaterials
Rice University bioscientists adapt CRISPR to trigger ‘silent’ genes in bacteria
Rice lab’s program uses common gene to profile microbial communities
Rice lab draws on nature to create flexible precursors for drug, materials design
Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process
Visible light triggers Rice’s molecular machines to treat infections
Chemists have created light-activated molecular machines and shown they can drill holes through the membranes of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, killing them in as little as two minutes.
Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles
Hans Renata, Samantha Yruegas join chemistry, Mingjie Dai joins bioengineering
Rice lab’s CRISPR-based strategy edits multiple genes and could treat polygenic diseases
Wireless nerve stimulator about the size of a rice grain could treat chronic pain, diseases