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WEBRice student team takes top prize in national competition with innovative medical device. A team of Rice engineering students was awarded the top prize in a prestigious national design competition for their innovative medical device for uro... Thursday, Sep. 19, 2024.
Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself | Rice …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.
A 21st-century remedy for missed meds | Rice News - Rice University
WEBApr 3, 2023 · When patients fail to take prescription medicine or take it incorrectly, the costs can be staggering. The annual toll in the United States alone has been estimated at more than 100,000 deaths, up to 25% of hospitalizations and more than $100 billion in …
Rice scientists pull off quantum coup | Rice News - Rice University
WEBJan 29, 2024 · Rice scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum correlations and the geometry of the crystal structure combine to frustrate the movement of electrons and lock them in place.
Rice’s OpenStax awarded $90M to lead first-of-its ... - Rice University
WEBApr 24, 2024 · OpenStax at Rice University was awarded $90 million from the National Science Foundation to build and lead SafeInsights, a groundbreaking research and development (R&D) hub for inclusive learning and education research to benefit tens of millions of students and their instructors across all educational levels.
‘A destination’: Rice students embrace redesigned quad as new …
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Hours after its ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, the redesigned Academic Quadrangle at Rice University had already become a central hub on campus where students felt welcome and connected.
Feds fund $45M Rice-led research that could slash US cancer …
WEBSep 26, 2023 · The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded $45 million to rapidly develop sense-and-respond implant technology that could slash U.S. cancer-related deaths by more than 50%. A prototype of an implant that a Rice-led team is developing to treat ovarian, pancreatic and other difficult-to-treat cancers.
Rice strategy refines genetic base editors | Rice News | News and …
WEBNov 11, 2021 · A new strategy by Rice University scientists seeks to avoid gene-editing errors by fine-tuning specific CRISPR -base editing strategies in advance. Their theoretical framework is intended to eliminate trial and error in the design of a library of editors.
Rice neuroscientists to build state-of-the-art neural recording system
WEBJul 17, 2024 · Rice neural engineer Chong Xie and his team have won a $2.9 million R01 grant from the NIH to develop a state-of-the-art implantable neural electrode system that is highly biocompatible, untethered and capable of stable, long-term and large-scale neural recording and stimulation.