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Nano Bulb Lights Novel Path

September 19, 2019

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

Reactor Turns Greenhouse Gas into Pure Liquid Fuel

September 3, 2019

Lab's 'green' invention reduces carbon dioxide into valuable fuels

Chemists Find New Path to Make Strong 2D Material Better for Many Applications

August 13, 2019

Two-dimensional h-BN, an insulating material also known as "white graphene," is four times stiffer than steel and an excellen...

Physicists Find First Possible 3D Quantum Spin Liquid

July 17, 2019

Cerium pyrochlore is first to qualify as long-sought state of matter

New Way to Beat the Heat in Electronics

May 22, 2019

Rice University lab’s flexible insulator offers high strength and superior thermal conduction

3D-Printed Tissues May Keep Athletes in Action

March 29, 2019

Rice University bioengineers lead effort to print scaffolds to heal bone and cartilage

Better Red Than Dread: Barrier Keeps Batteries Safe

February 20, 2019

Rice scientists use red phosphorus as a spy to keep lithium dendrites in check

Can We Trust Scientific Discoveries Made Using Machine Learning?

February 18, 2019

The key is creating machine learning systems that question their own predictions, say Rice University experts

Laser-Induced Graphene Gets Tough, with Help

February 13, 2019

Rice lab combines conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites

Nitrogen Gets in the Fast Lane for Chemical Synthesis

February 11, 2019

Chemists discover way to simplify synthesis of valuable precursor for drugs, other compounds

Nano-Infused Ceramic Could Report on Its Own Health

February 6, 2019

Rice University-led simulations show unique ceramic could act as a sensor for structures

Building Better Workers: New Checklist Can Tell You If Employee Training Is Effective

November 26, 2018

Organizations spend big on employee training each year

'True Polar Wander' May Have Caused Ice Age

November 22, 2018

Rice University scientists use Hawaiian hot spot to study movement of Earth's poles

New Spheres Trick, Trap, and Terminate Water Contaminant

October 5, 2018

Reusable water-treatment particles created at Rice University effectively eliminate BPA

Nanotubes Change the Shape of Water

August 28, 2018

Rice University engineers show how water molecules square up in nanotubes