History of the School of Humanities | School of

RICE INSTITUTE. 1912-1915, The Rice Institute formally opened on October 12, 1912, and classes began October 23, 1912. Rice quickly built a humanities program by offering courses in Latin, French, Spanish, German, philosophy, …Web

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Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria

Bioscientists at Rice University have introduced centimeter-scale, slime-like colonies of engineered bacteria that self-assemble from the bottom up. It can be programmed to soak up contaminants from the environment or to catalyze biological reactions, among many possible applications. ... Engineered living materials developed …Web

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Rice lab advances water-splitting catalysts

HOUSTON – (Oct. 20, 2022) –Creating a hydrogen economy is no small task, but Rice University engineers have discovered a method that could make oxygen evolution catalysis in acids, one of the most challenging …Web

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Graphene gets enhanced by flashing | Rice News

Rice University scientists who developed the flash Joule heating process to make graphene have found a way to produce doped graphene to customize it for applications. ... 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

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Bottleneck 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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Electrochemical device captures carbon dioxide at the

New technology developed by Rice University engineers could lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from all types of emissions, a potential game-changer for both industries looking to adapt to evolving greenhouse gas standards and for the emergent energy-transition economy.. According to a study published in Nature, the system from …Web

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Rice University | Private, Research, Houston | Britannica

The university was founded in 1891 and endowed by Houston businessman William Marsh Rice. The Rice Institute (as it was then …Web

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Rice University

Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston's next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow's …Web

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Initiatives | School of Engineering | Rice University

The School of Engineering at Rice university has developed a new center that will focus on promoting diversity and supporting inclusion through various efforts and initiatives including: Research and Assessment . The center will collaborate with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, the Office of Faculty Development, and Human Resources to ...Web

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Solvent 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

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Rice University

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

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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

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Rice 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

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Rice 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

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'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

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About 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

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New priming method improves battery life, efficiency

Scientists at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering have developed a readily scalable method to optimize prelithiation, a process that helps mitigate lithium loss and improves …Web

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Nanomedicine | 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

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Lab makes 4D printing more practical

Lab makes 4D printing 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

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At 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

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Computer Engineering

Rice University researchers have received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation ... Very, say Rice University researchers who have developed patented prototypes of their technological breakthrough. FlatCam, invented by the Rice labs of electrical and computer engineers Richard Baraniuk and Ashok Veeraraghavan, is little …Web

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Rice 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

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Chance twists ordered carbon nanotubes into 'tornado …

Jacques Doumani is a graduate student in applied physics at Rice and the lead author of a study published in Nature Communications. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Rice University scientists in the …Web

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Research & 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

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Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air

The May 3 issue of Science features a breakthrough bioprinting 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

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Building 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

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Rice University researchers overcome 3D printed carbon …

Researchers from Rice University have developed a novel acid-based solvent that prevents the spaghetti effect that commonly occurs when carbon nanotubes tangle together.. As well as being ...Web

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Rice 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

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Device 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

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Less may be more in next-gen batteries

Rice lab tests cells with silicon anodes, alumina coatings that protect cathodes. HOUSTON – (Jan. 21, 2020) – The process of developing better rechargeable batteries may be cloudy, but there's an alumina lining. A slim layer of the metal oxide applied to common cathodes by engineers at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering ...Web

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Study 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

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Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce

A coating developed at Rice University made primarily with protein from eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used to extend the freshness of produce. Photo by Jeff Fitlow. Along with being edible, the multifunctional coating retards dehydration, provides antimicrobial protection and is largely impermeable both to water vapor to retard ...Web

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Pathogenic 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

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Rice 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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Urban mining for metals flashes electronic trash into treasure

The process developed at Rice University could lead to "urban mining" for valuable metals from electronic waste. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) A flash Joule heating process developed at Rice University recovers valuable and toxic metals from electronic waste. The process allows for "urban mining" of resources.Web

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Rice 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

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You 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

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Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real

Liquid crystals of boron nitride nanotubes are easy to extrude into fibers through a process developed at Rice University. The fibers could be useful for aerospace and electronics applications and as energy-efficient materials. Courtesy of the Pasquali Research Group. Martí noted BNNT films would be useful as filters for ultraviolet light ...Web

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No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers

HOUSTON – (Aug. 17, 2020) – 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 ...Web

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DEI Strategic Plan | School of Engineering | Rice University

Initiatives. Resources. In support of our mission to dismantle social and institutional inequities, we have developed a five-year strategic plan which will guide the decisions and investments we make to ensure all students, faculty and staff feel valued and, most importantly, thrive in the School of Engineering at Rice University.Web

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