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Blood Vessels Are Guides for Stimulating Implants

Wireless nerve stimulator about the size of a rice grain could treat chronic pain, diseases

Treated Plastic Waste Good at Grabbing Carbon Dioxide

Rice University lab turns hard-to-process trash into carbon-capture master

Rice Lab Improves Recipe for Valuable Chemical

Study details why 2D molybdenum disulfide formation gets a speed boost from salt

Lithium’s Narrow Paths Limit Batteries

Rice study suggests stress among misaligned particles in typical cathodes limits flow

Tangle No More, Nanotubes

Rice lab’s solvent simplifies industrial 3D, roll-to-roll carbon nanotube printing and more

Texas Leads Afghan Refugee Resettlement but Challenges Remain, Say Baker Institute Experts

Texas has led American efforts for resettling Afghan evacuees, but arriving in the United States is merely the beginning of the resettlement process, and integration challenges are especially pronounced for Afghan women refugees, according to a new brief by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

New Review of Evidence Highlights Importance of Adequate Ventilation to Prevent Spread of Covid-19 in Indoor Settings

Some public venues may need better ventilation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 following growing evidence of the potential for 'long distance' airborne transmission of the disease,

Rice Process Aims to Strip Ammonia from Wastewater

Ruthenium-copper catalyze a more environmentally friendly way to produce essential chemical

Crystal Study May Resolve DNA Mystery

Rice lab captures unseen details of replication, clues to how mutations can happen

Shrimps and Worms Among First Animals to Recover After Largest Mass Extinction

Researchers studying ancient sea bed burrows and trails have discovered that bottom burrowing animals were among the first to bounce back after the end-Permian mass extinction.

Sophisticated Fluid Mechanics Model Is on a Roll

Rice-Waseda project ups its game for complexity with aerodynamic model of a moving car and its tires

Knee Replacement Surgery Decreased After Nhs Policies on a Patient’s Weight Were Introduced, Worsening Health Inequalities, Study Finds

New research has found that weight/body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are associated with a decrease in knee replacement surgery and may be contributing to health inequalities.

Rice Chemists Skew the Odds to Prevent Cancer

Theory shows mutations have few easy paths to establish themselves in cells and initiate tumors

Infectivity of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Could Decrease by 90% Within 20 Minutes of Exhalation, New Laboratory Study Finds

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can lose 90% of infectivity when in aerosol particles within 20 minutes, according to new University of Bristol findings.

Bristol’s Children of the 90s Study Helps Scientists Pinpoint Those Most at Risk of Long COVID

Bristol-based study Children of the 90s has helped improve understanding of the causes and treatment of long COVID.

“Brain Bleeds” in Babies First Year Can Lead to Long-Term Sight Problems, Study Finds

Severe “brain bleeds” experienced by some babies in the first year following their birth lead to long-term sight problems, researchers at the University of Bristol have found as part of a ten-year follow-up study.

England-Wide Study First to Show Link Between Intimate Partner Violence, Self-Harm and Suicidality

A new study is the first to show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is strongly associated with self-harm and suicidality in both men and women, and across all ages in England.

Inability to Stand on One Leg in Mid to Later Life Linked to Higher Risk of Death

Balance test could be included in routine health checks for older adults, say an international team of researchers, led by the Clinimex exercise medicine clinic in Rio de Janeiro and including the Bristol Medical School.

Triassic Revolution: Animals Grew Back Faster and Smarter After Mass Extinction

Palaeontologists in the UK and China have shown that the natural world bounced back vigorously following the End-Permian Extinction.

Moth Wing-Inspired Sound Absorbing Wallpaper in Sight After Breakthrough

Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface.