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Glowing Tags Reveal Split-Second Activity of Pathogenic Circuitry

New tool lets Rice synthetic biologists ‘see’ signal processing in real time

Reconstructing Ice Age Diets Reveals Unraveling Web of Life

Recreating 130,000 years of mammal food webs shows scope of biodiversity crisis

Brushing Thin Films onto Electrodes Preserves Batteries

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

‘Drug Factory’ Implants Eliminate Mesothelioma Tumors in Mice

Rice, Baylor study highlights potential treatment for aggressive lung cancer

2d Boundaries Could Create Electricity

Rice lab leads effort to generate thickness-independent piezoelectricity in atom-thick materials

Rice Models Moving ‘Washers’ That Help Dna Replicate

Computations yield new insights about how motor proteins split double strands

Water Can’t Touch This Sanded, Powdered Surface

Sanding powder into a material provides the right properties for superhydrophobicity

Most but Not All Texas Coaches Say They’ll Plan for Climate Change

Rice University survey suggests some aren’t considering dangerous conditions to come

Vegsense Makes Sense for Forest Studies

Rice bioscientists use mixed-reality headset, custom software to measure vegetation in the field

Tetrahedrons Assemble! Three-Sided Pyramids Form 2d Structures

Rice study: Bottom-up construction with a 2D twist could yield novel materials

Study: Explosive Volcanic Eruption Produced Rare Mineral on Mars

Researchers publish scenario that explains 2016 discovery by NASA’s Curiosity rover

Rice Engineers Get a Grip with ‘Necrobotic’ Spiders

Lab manipulates dead spiders’ legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers

Rice Economist’s Research on School Choice Suggests Ways to Improve Experience for Students, Parents

For school-age students and their parents, school choice programs can be complicated and stressful. Research from Rice University economist YingHua

Immigration Policy, Aggressive Enforcement Harm Mental Health of People Living in Us Illegally

Restrictive immigration policies and aggressive law enforcement are harmful to the mental health of immigrants living in the United States illegally, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Synthetic Tools Conduct Messages from Station to Station in Dna

Rice lab uses customized Cas9 editors to dissect how genetic elements communicate

New Texas A&M Research Documents Domestic Cattle Genetics In Modern Bison Herds

The shared genetic ancestry is the result of multiple hybridization events between North American bison and cattle over the last 200 years, which followed a population crash of bison in the 1800s.

Hidden Genes May Be Tapped for New Antibiotics

Rice University bioscientists adapt CRISPR to trigger ‘silent’ genes in bacteria

​​​​​​​Researchers Discover New Leukemia-Killing Compounds

Rice, MD Anderson study highlights potential of mitochondria-targeted chemotherapies

Flooding Exacerbates Pollution Exposure in At-Risk Urban Communities

Increased flooding in the U.S. is exposing more people to industrial pollution, especially in racially marginalized urban communities, according to new research from Rice University, New York University and Brown University.

MU Study Finds Health Benefits Of ‘Aging In Place’ At Tigerplace

Care at independent living facility helps older adults avoid declines in physical, mental and cognitive health outcomes.