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More Efficient Tests May One Day Replace Endoscopy

Other Proteins – Not Just Blood – Found Elevated in Colorectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

New Study Suggests Asymptomatic Testing and Vaccination Are Critical for Controlling COVID-19 at Universities

Reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in universities is heavily dependent on vaccination and asymptomatic testing uptake, new research by academics at the University of Bristol has found.

In the Quantum Realm, Not Even Time Flows as You Might Expect

New study shows the boundary between time moving forward and backward may blur in quantum mechanics.

Rice U. Study: Use Your Team’s Emotions to Boost Creativity

If you’re putting together a team for a project, you might be inclined to pick people with cheerful, optimistic dispositions and flexible thinking.

Making Catalytic Surfaces More Active To Help Decarbonize Fuels And Chemicals

A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many industrial processes.

COVID-19 Studies Should Record Women’s Menstrual Changes, Recommend Researchers

Large scale COVID-19 studies and clinical trials should collect data on menstrual changes, according to new research which evaluated current evidence.

Woven Nanotube Fibers Turn Heat into Power

Flexible thermoelectric generators could be useful way to make carbon ‘green’

Child Deaths During Pandemic Lowest on Record for England

The number of children in England who died fell to 3,067 between April 2020 – March 2021.

Fema Disaster Recovery Funds Favor White Entrepreneurs, Study Finds

Federal recovery funding after a disaster may disproportionally benefit white entrepreneurs, according to new research from Rice University’s Department of Sociology.

Trions Exhibit Novel Characteristics In Moiré Superlattices

New physics revealed by UC Riverside-led research could improve understanding of moiré superlattices

Researchers Design Sensors To Rapidly Detect Plant Hormones

SMART nanosensors are safer and less tedious than existing techniques for testing plants’ response to compounds such as herbicides.

'Cool' Kids in the Cosmos May Not Be So Unique

Stars scattered throughout the cosmos look different, but they may be more alike than once thought, according to Rice University researchers.

Rice Expert: Using Carbon Is Key to Decarbonizing Economy

Pasquali available for interviews about using nanomaterials to slash emissions

Using the Ancient Art of Kirigami to Make an Eyeball-like Camera

Curvy Adaptable Imaging Sensor Improves Image, Retains More Pixels

When Many Act as One, Data-Driven Models Can Reveal Key Behaviors

Rice bioengineers' tool uncovers individual origins of collective behavior

Concrete’s Role In Reducing Building And Pavement Emissions

MIT researchers find emissions of U.S. buildings and pavements can be reduced by around 50 percent even as concrete use increases.

Programmed Bacteria Have Something Extra

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilities

Ai Could Expand Healing with Bioscaffolds

Rice engineers use machine learning to speed bioscaffold development

Research Collaboration Puts Climate-Resilient Crops In Sight

MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.

Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Gives Longer Advance Warning of Ozone Issues

University of Houston Research Team Finds “Holy Grail” of Air Quality Forecasting