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An All-In-One Approach To Diabetes Treatment

MIT engineers are working on a new kind of device that could streamline the process of blood glucose measurement and insulin injection.

Gas Flares Tied to Premature Deaths

Rice-led study quantifies effect of black carbon particles on health

Grain Boundaries Go with the Flow

Rice engineers model nanoscale crystal dynamics in easy-to-view system

Bacteria-Killing Drills Get an Upgrade

Visible light triggers Rice’s molecular machines to treat infections

Schneider Selected to Direct Religion and Public Life Program

Rachel Schneider has been named the new director of the Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP), which will now be housed in Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance.

Top Hospitals Blatantly Violating Price-Transparency Mandate, Says Baker Institute Report

Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Cars Could Get a ‘Flashy’ Upgrade

Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles

Seeing Into The Future: Personalized Cancer Screening With Artificial Intelligence

Scientists demonstrate that AI-risk models, paired with AI-designed screening policies, can offer significant and equitable improvements to cancer screening.

Sociologist Ecklund Named Director of Boniuk Institute

Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.

Spinning Is Key for Line-Dancing Electrons in Iron Selenide

Research IDs origin of iron selenide superconductor’s enigmatic behavior

Demystifying Machine-Learning Systems

A new method automatically describes, in natural language, what the individual components of a neural network do.

First comprehensive map of genes in human cells ties every gene to its function

MIT Professor Jonathan Weissman and his colleagues released the first comprehensive functional map of genes expressed in human cells, which ties each gene to its job in the cell.

Making RNA Vaccines Easier To Swallow

A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver therapies for gastrointestinal disease.

Pioneering Study Shows Climate Played Crucial Role in Changing Location of Ancient Coral Reefs

Pre-historic coral reefs dating back up to 250 million years extended much further away from the Earth’s equator than today, new research has revealed.

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.

Rice Chemists Skew the Odds to Prevent Cancer

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

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

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.

Crystal Study May Resolve DNA Mystery

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

Rice Process Aims to Strip Ammonia from Wastewater

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