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Study Provides Suggestions For Keeping Classroom Air Fresh

MIT team looks at classroom configurations and offers modifications to enhance safety during Covid-19 pandemic.

Research Predicting Transmissible COVID-19 Variants Receives $780K

Hawaiʻi, a prime tourism destination, in combination with its largely multi-racial resident population, presents a unique opportunity to identify and chart the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease.

Earth’s Inner Core May Contain Both Soft And Hard Iron

3,200 miles beneath Earth’s surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field.

Reversal Speeds Creation of Important Molecule

Rice’s K.C. Nicolaou lab makes synthesis of halichondrin B more efficient

Small Screw, Big Possibilities For Chemical Reaction Research

A new method to make microscopic particles move on their own through chemical reactions may have major impacts in various industries, including the healthcare field.

Rice, Rutgers Developing Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine Spray

New strategies would be easier to manufacture, don’t require cold storage

Drug Doubles Down on Bone Cancer, Metastasis

Rice, Baylor’s ‘BonTarg’ combines breast cancer drug with bone-targeting antibody

Why Boiling Droplets Can Race Across Hot Oily Surfaces

The commonplace phenomenon, now quantified for the first time, could be harnessed for many useful applications.

Targeted Tumors Attack Not-Innocent Bystanders

Rice-led project’s antibody-drug conjugate also kills non-targeted neighboring tumor cells

Odds Are Good for Unique 2d Compound

Perovskites synthesized at Rice University show potential for valleytronics applications

The Next Generation Of Glowing Plants

Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly.

Biochar Helps Hold Water, Saves Money

Rice study shows sandy soils benefit most by retaining water, cutting irrigation needs

Decoded Genome Of Little-Known Disease Offers Hope For Citrus

Benign infection can potentially send medicine into plants

Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Gives Longer Advance Warning of Ozone Issues

University of Houston Research Team Finds “Holy Grail” of Air Quality Forecasting

Research Collaboration Puts Climate-Resilient Crops In Sight

MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.

Ai Could Expand Healing with Bioscaffolds

Rice engineers use machine learning to speed bioscaffold development

Programmed Bacteria Have Something Extra

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilities

Concrete’s Role In Reducing Building And Pavement Emissions

MIT researchers find emissions of U.S. buildings and pavements can be reduced by around 50 percent even as concrete use increases.

When Many Act as One, Data-Driven Models Can Reveal Key Behaviors

Rice bioengineers' tool uncovers individual origins of collective behavior