A new tool brings the benefits of AI programming to a much broader class of problems.
Star’s sudden 2020 slowdown allows for test of ‘anti-glitch’ theory
Study reveals key cell structures and gene expression changes near amyloid plaques and tau tangles in mouse brain tissue.
Research reveals protein plaques associated with disease are stickier than thought
A new study reveals that lymph nodes near the lungs create an environment that weakens T-cell responses to tumors.
Xue Sherry Gao, Rice team identify surprising catalyst for Nobel Prize-winning reaction
First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.
New study uncovers how a unique, fast synapse keeps us from falling
Illuminating study from Rice, UT, Stanford advances ‘green’ reducing agents
The findings could provide a new way to control chemical reactions.
Rice U. lab develops imaging tool that holds promise for cancer treatment
High-efficiency gene-editing tool significantly improves the pace of new drug discovery
Rice lab details mechanism of DNA-repair enzyme that’s been linked to cancer
When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.
A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.
Rice lab photochemistry method eases manufacture of drug, chemical precursors Inexpensive
Using bottlebrush-shaped particles, researchers can identify and deliver synergistic combinations of cancer drugs.
Painstaking study of 50-plus years of seafloor sediment cores has surprise payoff
Adding charge acceptors can slow electron transfer in some light-activated materials
Rice method to find antibiotic-resistant genes shows limits of ‘snapshot’ samples, chlorination