Research published this week in Science offers the clearest picture yet of the reverberating consequences of land mammal declines on food webs over the past 130,000 years.
Evolution
Aug 25, 2022
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Synthetic biologists at Rice University have developed the first technology for observing the real-time activity of some of most common signal-processing circuits in bacteria, including deadly pathogens that use the circuits ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2022
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There's still plenty of room at the bottom to generate piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way.
Nanophysics
Aug 16, 2022
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Knowing the structure of a complex biological system isn't nearly enough to understand how it works. It helps to know how the system moves.
Biotechnology
Aug 9, 2022
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130
Want a surface that won't get wet? Grab some sandpaper.
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2022
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A survey of coaches and athletic officials in Texas indicates many of them would be wise to think harder about the risks their students face as the climate changes, according to Rice University researchers who conducted the ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2022
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Rice researchers set up a Microsoft HoloLens as a mixed-reality sensor to feed VegSense, their application to measure understory vegetation, plant life that grows between the forest canopy and floor.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2022
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Even if they've never served time in prison, people who have felony convictions still have difficulty accessing stable housing, according to new research from a Rice University sociologist.
Political science
Jul 25, 2022
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21
Rice University chemical engineers have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, one of the world's most problematic "forever chemical" pollutants.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2022
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Tetrahedron-shaped nanoparticles are interesting enough by themselves, but under the right circumstances, Rice University scientists have discovered they do something remarkable.
Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2022
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