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Plug-and-Play Organ-on-a-Chip Can Be Customized to the Patient

Major advance from Columbia Engineering team demonstrates first multi-organ chip made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow for improved modeling of systemic diseases like cancer.

Surfer Science Supports Seawater Study

Seawater samples taken from a surfboard have helped scientists understand microscopic life in the waves, new research shows.

World-First Trial Finds Regular Blood And Plasma Donation Reduces Firefighters’ PFAS Levels

Regular blood or plasma donations can reduce levels of PFAS in the blood, according to a world-first clinical trial from Macquarie University and Fire Rescue Victoria published in JAMA Network Open today.

About 27% of Horse Owners Buy Painkillers Without Consulting Veterinarians

Many horse owners purchase painkilling and potentially dangerous drugs without having a veterinarian examine their horse first, a recent survey has found.

MIT researchers develop MRI sensor to detect light deep in the brain

Researchers from MIT have developed a specialized MRI sensor capable of detecting light deep within tissues, including the brain, MIT News said. With further development, it could be utilized to monitor patients undergoing light-based therapies for cancer.

Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells

Across the United States, historically redlined neighborhoods that scored lowest in racially discriminatory maps drawn by the government-sponsored Home-Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s had twice the density of oil and gas wells than comparable neighborhoods that scored highest.

Selective Breeding Sustainably Protects Honey Bees from Varroa Mite

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows.

Following Overturn of Roe V. Wade, Baker Institute Experts Available to Discuss Embryo and Embryoid Research Landscape

Two experts from the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice University are available to explain the regulatory landscape of human embryo and embryoid research, especially in light of changes to federal policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Spoken Descriptions of New Technologies Provoke More Positive Attitudes Than Written Ones

People react more positively to new technologies when hearing spoken descriptions of them than when the identical information is written down, a new study finds.

Boron Nitride Nanotube Fibers Get Real

Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process

You've Heard of Water Droughts. Could 'Energy' Droughts Be Next?

In a new modeling study, researchers show how widely wind and solar potential vary by season and year.

Seqscreen Can Reveal ‘Concerning’ Dna

Open-source program IDs synthetic, naturally occurring gene sequences

Agriculture Emissions Pose Risks to Health and Climate

As other sources subside, Rice study shows nitrogen emissions cause greater share of pollutants

Rice Lab’s Quantum Simulator Delivers New Insight

Apparatus shows how parts of electrons move at different speeds in 1D

Schooling Status During Pandemic Predicted Parents’ Resilience

Rice study shows those used to home schooling more likely to handle added stress in stride

Ai Learns Coral Reef "Song"

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can track the health of coral reefs by learning the "song of the reef", new research shows.

Earlier, Longer Allergy Seasons Can Cause Symptoms To Flare

“There's not only a longer allergy season, but also more overlap between, say, grass pollen season and tree pollen season,” said Dr. Jing Yi “Jenny” Sun, a UW Medicine allergy attending physician. “All of those things combined together can make allergies a little bit more difficult to bear.”

Chronic Pain More Prevalent Than Diabetes, Depression

A study of national survey data from 2019-20 shows high prevalence of chronic pain and a high rate of the condition developing.

Bumps Could Smooth Quantum Investigations

Rice University models show unique properties of 2D materials stressed by contoured substrates