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Researchers Find Way to Make Traffic Models More Efficient

Models that predict traffic volume for specific times and places are used to inform everything from traffic-light patterns to the app on your phone that tells you how to get from Point A to Point B.

Stem Cell-Derived Model Offers Insights on Gene Activity and Addiction

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that neuron-like cells derived from human stem cells can serve as a model for studying changes in the nervous system associated with addiction.

Researchers Devise Cheaper, Faster Way to Continuously Produce Amines

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a faster, less expensive technique for producing hindered amines – a class of chemicals used as building blocks in products ranging from pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals to detergents and organic light emitting diodes.

‘Tax Haven’ Companies May Be Less Risky Than Investors Think

Companies incorporated in tax havens are often considered more opaque regarding their finances, which could make them risky investments.

Study Highlights Stresses – and ‘Silver Linings’ – of Pandemic for Moms with Limited Resources

A recent study from North Carolina State University finds that mothers with limited financial resources often experienced tremendous stress during the pandemic, but that they also valued the opportunity to spend more quality time with their children.

Wind, Solar Could Replace Coal Power in Texas

Rice study shows how proposed projects could eliminate need for coal, drastically cut pollution

Don’t Underestimate Undulating Graphene

Rice theorists show unique electronics made possible by wavy patterns that channel electrons

Graphene Gets Enhanced by Flashing

Rice process customizes one-, two- or three-element doping for applications

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