Benign infection can potentially send medicine into plants
Rice study shows sandy soils benefit most by retaining water, cutting irrigation needs
Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly.
Perovskites synthesized at Rice University show potential for valleytronics applications
Rice-led project’s antibody-drug conjugate also kills non-targeted neighboring tumor cells
The commonplace phenomenon, now quantified for the first time, could be harnessed for many useful applications.
Rice, Baylor’s ‘BonTarg’ combines breast cancer drug with bone-targeting antibody
First Study to Validate Conflicting Theories
New strategies would be easier to manufacture, don’t require cold storage
A new method to make microscopic particles move on their own through chemical reactions may have major impacts in various industries, including the healthcare field.
Rice’s K.C. Nicolaou lab makes synthesis of halichondrin B more efficient
3,200 miles beneath Earth’s surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field.
Hawaiʻi, a prime tourism destination, in combination with its largely multi-racial resident population, presents a unique opportunity to identify and chart the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease.
MIT team looks at classroom configurations and offers modifications to enhance safety during Covid-19 pandemic.
“Giant Flexoelectricity” Breakthrough in Soft Elastomers Paves Way for Improved Robots and Self-Powered Pacemakers
Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat.
The future of an already critically endangered species of tree that is endemic to Hawaiʻi is being threatened by myrtle rust, a pathogen only recently detected in the islands.
Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse, complex and productive ecosystems on the planet. Most of coral reef biodiversity consists of tiny organisms living deep within the three-dimensional reef matrix
The Hawaiʻi Safe Travels pre-testing protocol may be detecting only 20% of COVID-19 infected travelers, according to an update published on September 15 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Mathematics Adjunct Professor Lee Altenberg.
How the position and intensity of the North Atlantic jet stream has changed during the past 1,250 years is the focus of new research co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientist.