Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself
Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice lab's catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy
HOUSTON – (Nov. 24, 2022) – Rice University researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy. Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice Research Review 2021 | Office of the Provost | Rice University
COVID-19 Conducting pathbreaking research IN BRIEF New Periodic Table One hundred fifty years ago, Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table, a system for classifying …Web
اقرأ أكثرOrgan bio gets a breath of fresh air
The May 3 issue of Science features a breakthrough bio technique developed by Rice University bioengineer Jordan Miller and colleagues. (Reprinted with permission from AAAS. Photo by Dan Sazer, Jeff Fitlow and Jordan Miller/Rice University) ... Rice University bioengineers (from left) Bagrat Grigoryan, Jordan Miller and Daniel …Web
اقرأ أكثرPathogenic sensor's surprising capabilities revealed
HOUSTON – (Dec. 12, 2022) – Rice University synthetic biologists have developed a new way to study a sensory system that salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens use to sicken millions of people each year. Kathryn Brink is a 2021 graduate of Rice University's Ph.D. program in systems, synthetic and physical biology. ...Web
اقرأ أكثرYou can leave your gloves on: Rice-developed material burns …
The composite, textile-based material developed by Rice University engineers uses Joule heating to decontaminate its surface of coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 in under 5 seconds, effectively killing at least 99.9% of viruses. Wearable items made from the material can handle hundreds of uses with the potential for a single pair of gloves to ...Web
اقرأ أكثرNanomedicine | Bioengineering | Rice University
Nanomedicine. Nanotechnology allows the creation and use of functionalized structures, devices, and systems that take advantage of specific properties of matter that exist at the nanoscale. The integration of biomolecular engineering, nanotechnology, and biology is expected to produce major breakthroughs in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.Web
اقرأ أكثرSolvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle
Rice University engineers say they've solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, ... Rice University researchers led a team that developed a method to make multilayer perovskite solar cells that match the efficiency of current commercial cells. From left: Siraj Sidhik, Aditya Mohite, Ayush Agrawal and Andrew Torma. ...Web
اقرأ أكثرLab makes 4D more practical
Lab makes 4D more practical. Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials. Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of Rice's Brown School of Engineering developed a method to print objects that can be …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice team makes tiny, magnetically powered neural stimulator
A sample of Rice University's "magnetoelectric" film atop a bed of uncooked rice. Rice neuroengineers created the bi-layered film to power implantable neural stimulators that are approximately the size of a grain of rice. The film converts energy from a magnetic field directly into an electrical voltage, eliminating the need for a battery or ...Web
اقرأ أكثرStrain-sensing smart skin ready to deploy
A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University that uses very small structures, carbon nanotubes, to monitor and detect damage in large structures is ready for prime time. The "strain paint" first revealed by Rice in 2012 uses the fluorescent properties of nanotubes to show when a surface has been deformed by stress.Web
اقرأ أكثرRice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
Rice University doctoral alum Joshua Chen is lead author on a study published in Nature Materials. (Photo by Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University) Rice University neuroengineer Jacob Robinson and his team designed the first magnetoelectric material that not only solves this issue but performs the magnetic-to-electric conversion …Web
اقرأ أكثرBottleneck Overcome – Breakthrough Synthesis Method …
A process developed by Rice engineers and collaborators yields 2D halide perovskite crystal layers of ideal thickness and purity through dynamic control of the crystallization process ⎯ a key step toward ensuring device stability for optoelectronics and photovoltaics. Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice UniversityWeb
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Rice is a community of curious thinkers, passionate dreamers and energetic doers who believe that improving the world demands more than bold thought and brave action. It takes unconventional wisdom. Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston's next generation of leaders and …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice U. technology startup Syzygy Plasmonics raises
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2022) – Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup fueled by technology developed at Rice University, has announced $76 million in Series C financing led by Carbon Direct Capital — one of the largest rounds of funding for a venture spun out of a Rice lab. Syzygy is focused on commercializing deep decarbonization of …Web
اقرأ أكثرStudy unlocks potential breakthrough in Type 1
The technology we developed can be paired with a lot of different device concepts. "For instance, some diabetic patients use automated pump systems to self-administer insulin. ... Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of …Web
اقرأ أكثر'Smart' shirt keeps tabs on the heart
Rice's flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG, heart rate. HOUSTON – (Aug. 30, 2021) – There's no need to don uncomfortable smartwatches or chest straps to monitor your heart if your comfy shirt can do a better job. That's the idea behind "smart clothing" developed by a Rice University lab, which ...Web
اقرأ أكثرAt a Glance | Rice University
LEARN ABOUT THE RICE EXPERIENCE. Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential …Web
اقرأ أكثرDevice makes hydrogen from sunlight with record efficiency
A photoreactor developed by Rice University's Mohite research group and collaborators achieved a 20.8% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency. (Photo by Gustavo Raskoksy/Rice University) Rice graduate students Ayush Agrawal and Faiz Mandani are lead authors on the study alongside Fehr. The work was also authored in part by the …Web
اقرأ أكثرBuilding Rice's Future | Rice University
Rice is an exceptional institution with brilliant faculty, ambitious students, strong leaders and an unmatched staff support system. In addition to providing a top-notch education to our students, we …Web
اقرأ أكثرCopper-based catalysts efficiently turn carbon dioxide into …
The lab of Rice University materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan and collaborators developed a way to wrest the carbon from carbon dioxide and affix it …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice University president condemns anti-Semitic speech after
Rice University's Students for Justice in Palestine organization said a Dec. 8 statement from the university that presented education resources about the ongoing conflict "muddied the waters ...Web
اقرأ أكثرResearch & Innovation at Rice | Rice University
INNOVATION At Rice, we believe that innovative and visionary ideas deserve to be empowered so that they can reach the real world and make a lasting impact. In order to …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
Rice University chemist James Tour, left, and graduate student Duy Luong show a sample of pure turbostratic graphene just converted through the flash graphene technique developed in Tour's …Web
اقرأ أكثرScientific AI's 'black box' is no match for 200-year-old …
The discovery by mechanical engineering researchers at Rice University is described in an open-access study published in PNAS Nexus, ... Based on this method, scientists have developed other tools …Web
اقرأ أكثرAbout Rice Global | Rice University
Rice Global provides strategic direction to Rice University on its global strategy and operations, furthers international research priorities and alliances, and contributes to a better world. Rice has developed a select number of international academic partnerships in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas that advance the frontiers of ...Web
اقرأ أكثرTangle no more, nanotubes | Rice News
Rice lab's solvent simplifies industrial 3D, roll-to-roll carbon nanotube and more. HOUSTON – (April 27, 2022) – Carbon nanotubes that are prone to tangle like spaghetti can use a little special sauce to realize their full potential. Rice University scientists have come up with just the sauce, an acid-based solvent that ...Web
اقرأ أكثرRice lab makes case for high-performance carbon
Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the conductivity of copper. The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Matteo Pasquali reported in Carbon it has developed its strongest and most conductive fibers yet, made of long carbon nanotubes through a wet spinning …Web
اقرأ أكثرRice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator aims to rapidly turn medical …
Rice University today introduced the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, a Houston-based accelerator focused on expediting the translation of the university's health and medical technology discoveries into cures.Supported by federal grants and philanthropic gifts, the new accelerator will bring together local researchers with a national network of …Web
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Although not explicitly described elsewhere in this document, inventions (and other intellectual property) developed by any Rice employee during the course of non-research activities of the University shall also belong to Rice University. Rice University shall have sole right to determine the disposition of such inventions.Web
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