Rice University scientists have developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres that could lead to stronger and greener concrete, the world's most-used synthetic material.
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University chemists have found a way to load more than 2 million tiny gold particles called nanorods into a single cancer cell. The breakthrough could speed development of cancer treatments that would ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2011
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Sometimes things are a little out of whack, and it turns out to be exactly what you need.
Quantum Physics
May 25, 2021
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Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That's bad news for disease.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2020
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404
The public's view that science and religion can't work in collaboration is a misconception that stunts progress, according to a new survey of more than 10,000 Americans, scientists and evangelical Protestants. The study by ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2014
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Researchers at Rice University have created a synthetic material that gets stronger from repeated stress much like the body strengthens bones and muscles after repeated workouts.
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2011
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Rice University engineers are using 3-D printers to turn structures that have until now existed primarily in theory into strong, light and durable materials with complex, repeating patterns.
Mathematics
Nov 16, 2017
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832
Rice University chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material into a useful catalyst for fuel cells and other applications.
Nanomaterials
Aug 20, 2015
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Rice University scientists have created a rechargeable lithium metal battery with three times the capacity of commercial lithium-ion batteries by resolving something that has long stumped researchers: the dendrite problem.
Nanophysics
May 18, 2017
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773
In the pantheon of unconventional superconductors, iron selenide is a rock star. But new experiments by U.S., Chinese and European physicists have found the material's magnetic persona to be unexpectedly mundane.
Condensed Matter
May 20, 2019
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