http://news.rice.edu Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:35:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://news-network.rice.edu/?v=5.7.3 http://news.rice.edu/2021/10/05/manganese-makes-its-mark-in-drug-synthesis-2/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:35:51 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146936 Rice chemists find manganese far superior to silver and cerium as a way to make building blocks for drug design and manufacture.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/10/1011_CATALYSIS-B.jpgManganese is superior to silver and cerium as a way to make building blocks for drug design and manufacture, according to Rice University researchers. (Credit: Yen-Chu Lu/West Laboratory) http://news.rice.edu/2021/10/04/urban-mining-for-metals-flashes-forward/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:18:38 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146863 Flash Joule heating recovers valuable and toxic metals from electronic waste. The process allows for “urban mining” of resources that could be a win for the environment as well as for manufacturers.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/10/1004_URBAN-B1.jpgA flash Joule heating process developed at Rice University recovers valuable and toxic metals from electronic waste. The process allows for “urban mining” of resources. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/30/army-backs-bid-to-flash-waste-into-useful-materials-2/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:39:53 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146783 A $5.2 million Army Corps of Engineers grant will expand Rice University efforts to recycle waste into valuable products through flash Joule heating.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0830_FLASH-B.jpg http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/29/us-army-backs-sleeping-cap-to-help-brains-take-out-the-trash-2/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:03:51 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146757 Rice engineers, in collaboration with Houston Methodist and Baylor College of Medicine, are developing a noninvasive device to better understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste while the wearer sleeps.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/1004_BRAIN-B.jpgRice University engineers, in collaboration with Houston Methodist and Baylor College of Medicine, are developing a noninvasive skullcap to better understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste while the wearer sleeps. Signals will be acquired will be through electroencephalogram (EEG), rheoencephalography (REG), orbital sonography (OSG) and transcranial doppler (TCD), with modulation through transcranial/transcutaneous brain and nerve electrical simulations (TES) and low-intensity focused ultrasound pulses (LIFUP). (Credit: NeuroEngineering Initiative/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/28/sylvia-dee-wins-fellowship-to-launch-gulf-of-mexico-study/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:00:27 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146721 Sylvia Dee, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, wins an early-career fellowship to pursue Gulf of Mexico research.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/sylvia-dee-775px.jpgSylvia Dee http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/27/american-chemical-society-honors-gustavo-scuseria-2/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:28:43 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146587 Rice University’s Gustavo Scuseria wins the American Chemical Society Award in Theoretical Chemistry.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0927_SCUSERIA-B.jpgGustavo Scuseria http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/22/mask-up-and-make-em-tight/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:26:23 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146558 As SARS-CoV-2 gets better at spreading through aerosols, tight-fitting masks are a must.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0927_COVID-B.jpgA test subject's breath is captured for analysis by the Gesundheit II device at the University of Maryland. Photo by Todd Treangen http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/22/sex-and-the-symbiont-can-algae-hookups-help-corals-survive-2/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:36:02 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146554 Symbiotic single-celled algae can reproduce not only by mitosis, but also sexually. Encouraging sex in these algae can accelerate their evolution to help coral reefs cope with climate change.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-1.16.52-PM.pngsymbionts http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/21/rice-lands-grant-to-improve-time-release-drugs-2/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:13:53 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146489 Tuning the shape of drug-bearing particles could help improve their time-release kinetics, according to Rice University. A Rice lab has won backing from the National Institutes of Health to develop just such a platform.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0927_MCHUGH-B.jpgKevin McHugh http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/20/physicists-probe-light-smashups-to-guide-future-research-2/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:15:52 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146421 Findings will help physicists accurately interpret future experiments aimed at finding "new physics" beyond the Standard Model.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0907_LIGHTSMASH-art-b-1.jpgRice University physicists teamed with colleagues at Europe's Large Hadron Collider to study matter-generating collisions of light. Researchers showed the departure angle of debris from the smashups is subtly distorted by quantum interference patterns in the light prior to impact. The findings will help physicists accurately interpret future experiments aimed at finding "new physics" beyond the Standard Model. (Illustration courtesy of 123rf.com/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/20/modern-simulations-could-improve-mris-2/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:05:37 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146385 Rice engineers find more efficient models to analyze contrast agents that find disease, which could make better compounds for imaging technologies.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0920_MRI-B-1.jpgAn illustration based on simulations by Rice University engineers shows a gadolinium ion (blue) in water (red and white), with inner-sphere water -- the water most affected by the gadolinium -- highlighted. The researchers’ models of gadolinium in water show there’s room for improvement in compounds used as contrast agents in clinical magnetic resonance imaging. (Credit: Illustration by Arjun Valiya Parambathu) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/20/grant-backs-effort-to-build-useful-bacterial-colonies-2/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:02:45 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146351 Rice scientists have won a grant to advance the development of custom-designed microbial colonies for a variety of applications.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0920_BENNETT-B2.jpgMatthew Bennett http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/17/nih-funds-effort-to-customize-treatment-of-movement-impairments-2/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:16:46 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146293 Rice University scientists win a National Institutes of Health award to create software for designing customized treatments for movement impairments.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0920_FREGLY-B.jpgB.J. Fregly http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/16/for-some-peptides-killing-bacteria-an-inside-job/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:27:17 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146266 Rice scientists study the dynamics of the immune system’s antimicrobial peptides, which attack and eliminate harmful bacteria.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0920_ANTIMICROBIAL-B.jpgAn electron microscope image shows intact Escherichia coli bacteria at top and E. coli leaking chromosomes (green) after disruption by an antimicrobial peptide at bottom. New models by Rice University scientists have determined peptides that invade bacteria and do their damage from the inside are underrated. Source: Wikipedia http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/13/crop-eating-moths-will-flourish-as-climate-warms/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:11:50 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146122 Climate change in this century will allow one of the world's costliest agricultural pests, the diamondback moth, to both thrive year-round and rapidly evolve resistance to pesticides in large parts of the United States, Europe and China where it previously died each winter, according to a study by U.S. and Chinese researchers.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0913_CLIMATEPESTS-moth-lg.jpgDiamondback moth (This work, "Plutella.xylostella.7383," by of Olaf Leillinger is used and provided under CC BY SA 2.5 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/13/message-from-provost-on-launch-of-rice-quantum-initiative/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:43:31 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146106 The Office of the Provost sent the following message on the launch of the Rice Quantum Initiative to the university community in a Sept. 10...

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0913_QUANTUM-b.jpg http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/08/tweezer-grant-pleases-rice-researchers-2/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:20:26 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=146028 Rice researchers will acquire an optical tweezer microscope to manipulate, measure and monitor micron-scale particles.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0907_TWEEZER-B.jpgAn illustration shows how optical trapping could be used to investigate collective, force-generating properties in a complex of motor molecules. A National Science Foundation grant to Rice University to acquire an optical tweezer will advance researchers’ investigation of biological and inorganic molecules. (Credit: Diehl Lab/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/07/natures-archive-reveals-atlantic-tempests-through-time-2/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:28:05 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145955 Rice scientists uncover how natural archives recorded Atlantic hurricane frequency over the past 1,000 years.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0907_HURRICANES-B.jpgThe North Atlantic network of sites that preserve records of hurricanes stretches along the coast from Canada to Central America, but with significant gaps. A new study led by scientists at Rice University shows filling those gaps with data from the mid-Atlantic states will help improve the historical record of storms over the past several thousand years and could aid in predictions of future storms in a time of climate change. Illustration by Elizabeth Wallace http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/07/rice-announces-new-faculty-funding-opportunities/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:54:43 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145935 Rice's Office of Research launches three Creative Ventures Funds to seed faculty initiatives and guide them towards commercialization.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/09/0907_CREATIVE-B.jpgCreative Ventures Fund http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/01/rice-physicists-find-magnon-origins-in-2d-magnet-2/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:36:58 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145850 Rice physicists have confirmed the topological origins of magnons, magnetic features they discovered three years ago in a 2D material that could prove useful for spintronics.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0802_ORIGINS_lc38-b.jpgRice University graduate student Lebing Chen used a high-temperature furnace to make chromium triiodide crystals http://news.rice.edu/2021/09/01/welch-institute-names-matthew-tirrell-to-chair-scientific-advisory-board-2/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:00:05 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145839 The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials names Matthew Tirrell to chair its Scientific Advisory Board.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0907_TIRRELL-B.jpgMatthew Tirrell http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/31/sim-shows-how-covid-virus-infects-cells-2/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:03:54 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145827 A simulation shows the complicated mechanism by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus may infect cells, leading to COVID-19.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0907_SPIKE-B.jpgSimulations by scientists at the Rice University-based Center for Theoretical Biological Physics suggest how the SARS-CoV-2 spike infects cells. The illustration shows how the spike reconfigures itself in microseconds as it goes from pre- to post-fusion with target cells. The researchers suggest their work to reveal the mechanism by which the virus spreads could lead to new strategies to defeat COVID-19. http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/30/bilayer-borophene-is-a-first/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:41:17 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145780 Scientists make bilayer borophene for the first time. The versatile 2D material shows promise for quantum electronics, energy storage and sensors.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0830_BOROPHENE-B.jpgAn illustration depicts the atomic structure of double-layer borophene. In this image, all atoms are boron, with the pink atoms specifically involved in bonding between the layers. Courtesy of Northwestern University http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/27/rice-lab-dives-deep-for-dnas-secrets-2/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:52:48 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145700 Structural biologist Yang Gao receives a five-year National Institutes of Health grant to detail how complex protein chains replicate DNA and fix errors on the fly. What they find could help treat genomic disease, including cancer.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0830_DNA-BB.jpgA study of stress on bacteriophage T7 will help Rice structural biologist Yang Gao and his team to reveal the atomic-scale mechanisms of DNA replication. Illustration courtesy of the Yang Gao Lab http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/23/trailblazing-rice-bioengineer-is-turning-cells-into-disease-fighters-2/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:16:38 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145512 Rice University bioengineer Isaac Hilton has been awarded an NIH Trailblazer Award to create synthetic circular DNA that can be used to reprogram cells as disease fighters.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0802_HILTON-23-b.jpgRice bioengineer Isaac Hilton http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/20/cprit-grant-establishes-genetic-design-and-engineering-center-2/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:21:41 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145490 Rice faculty members led by bioengineer Gang Bao have been awarded a $4 million CPRIT grant to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0823_CPRIT-B.jpgRice University has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center. (Credit: Illustration by Olivia Flynn/Bashor Lab) http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/19/earths-core-may-contain-up-to-95-of-planets-carbon/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:18:20 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145450 New research from Rice University and Florida State University suggests Earth's core contains up to 95% of the planet's carbon.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0823_CARBONCORE-b2.jpgAn illustration of a simulation by Florida State University and Rice University researchers that investigated the composition of Earth's outer core http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/19/rice-baylor-win-defense-grant-to-advance-metastasis-study/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:46:54 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145440 Rice and Baylor scientists have won a $2.3 million Department of Defense grant to expand their efforts to defeat bone cancer metastasis.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/06/0517_BONE-B.jpgScientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine are using pClick conjugation to create therapeutic antibodies that target bone cancers. The conjugate incorporates bisphosphonate molecules that bind to the bone hydroxyapatite matrix. (Credit: Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/18/national-2d-materials-research-center-wins-nsf-funding-2/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:12:33 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145406 Rice, Penn State and Boise State have won a federal grant to expand ATOMIC, a national research center that develops atom-thin 2D coatings via university, industry and government partnerships.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0823_ATOMIC-b.jpgRice, Penn State and Boise State have won a federal grant to expand ATOMIC, a national research center that develops atom-thin 2D coatings via university, industry and government partnerships http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/17/study-use-your-teams-emotions-to-boost-creativity/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:36:33 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145377 If you’re putting together a team for a project, you might be inclined to pick people with cheerful, optimistic dispositions and flexible thinking. But a...

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0817_CREATIVITY-b.jpgRoland Smith http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/16/smart-cells-show-promise-to-treat-disease-2/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:40:21 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145281 Laura Segatori wins NIH backing to develop synthetic biological circuits for cells that may someday sense trouble and respond by making just enough of the appropriate drugs.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0816_SEGATORI-B.jpgLaura Segatori http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/16/woven-nanotube-fibers-turn-heat-into-power-2/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:00:10 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145234 Carbon nanotubes woven into thread-like fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/0816_FIBER-B.jpgCarbon nanotubes woven into thread-like fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy in a project developed at Rice University. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/09/rice-expert-using-carbon-is-key-to-decarbonizing-economy-2/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:46:51 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145138 Carbon Hub director Matteo Pasquali says it is possible to slash carbon dioxide emissions and rapidly decarbonize the global economy by transitioning to a world where oil and gas are not burned.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2019/12/1209_HUB-b.jpgRice University has launched Carbon Hub, a climate change research initiative to fundamentally change how the world uses hydrocarbons. http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/09/cool-kids-in-the-cosmos-may-not-be-so-unique-2/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:00:12 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145125 Rice University scientists show that "cool" stars like the sun share dynamic surface behaviors that influence their energetic and magnetic environments. Stellar magnetic activity is key to whether a given star can host planets that support life.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0726_STARS-B.jpgArtist's visualization of stellar magnetic activity http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/04/data-scientists-go-to-the-mat-to-learn-about-microbial-networks/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:18:36 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145077 A project led by Rice University data scientists will attempt to define "social networks" in microbiomes, starting with microbial mats that thrive in Yellowstone Park's hot springs.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0726_TREANGEN-2-WEB.jpgA slice of microbial mat from a Yellowstone Park hot spring http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/03/nsf-grant-kicks-off-center-for-adapting-flaws-into-features-2/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145029 Rice University has won a Phase I National Science Foundation grant to establish the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features to investigate nanoscale chemical phenomena and optimize the structures and electronic properties of materials.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/08/CAFF-b4.jpgIllustration to highlight the launch of the Center for Adapting Flaws into Features. http://news.rice.edu/2021/08/02/how-headless-hydra-feel-react-to-prodding-2/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:45:49 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=145011 Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0726_HYDRA-B.jpgjellyfish-like, freshwater hydra http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/27/woodson-research-center-team-honored-with-shapiro-award/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:03:53 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144942 Library staff worked throughout pandemic to deliver invaluable documents, digitization and much more.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/woodsonscreenshot.jpg http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/26/rice-team-creating-insulin-producing-implant-for-type-1-diabetes-2/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:18:54 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144898 Rice University bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0719_DIABETES_220a-lg.jpgGraduate student Madison Royse demonstrates a laboratory setup for testing blood flow through 3D-printed hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering. http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/22/pathogens-get-comfy-in-designer-goo-2/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:12:56 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144824 Hydrogels developed at Rice University mimic intestines when lined with epithelial cells. A study by Rice and Baylor College of Medicine proved hydrogels in various stiffnesses are valuable for learning the dynamics of pathogens that cause diarrhea and other intestinal diseases.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0726_STIFF-B.jpgRice University bioengineers have developed hydrogels of various stiffness to see if they are more hospitable to intestinal cells and bacteria in lab experiments. The hydrogels proved far better at supporting cultures than traditional glass and plastic slides. http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/19/mission-statements-do-nothing-for-corporate-financial-performance-research-shows-2/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:43:12 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144712 New research shows that mission statements do not enhance financial performance, even though companies prominently feature them as an outcome of their strategy-planning process.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0719_MISSION-b.jpg http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/19/scientists-seek-details-of-cancers-evolutionary-tree-2/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:09:05 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144688 Rice University computer scientists will analyze the genomes of single cells from tumors to decode their evolutionary trees.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0719_NAKHLEH-B.jpgLuay Nakhleh http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/13/vicente-ordonez-joins-rice-with-career-award-2/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:10:20 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144647 Rice computer scientist Vicente Ordóñez receives an NSF CAREER Award to advance machine-learning algorithms’ ability to recognize complex visual concepts.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0719_ORDONEZ-B.jpgVicente Ordóñez http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/07/rice-rutgers-developing-inhalable-covid-19-vaccine-spray-2/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:34:59 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144592 Scientists at Rice and Rutgers developing two COVID-19 vaccine strategies that do not require cold storage, one of which can be inhaled.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0705_SPRAY-VIDEO-B.jpgVideo by Esteban Dodero-Rojas and Paul Whitford/Center for Theoretical Biological Physics http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/07/soft-shell-makes-hard-ceramic-less-likely-to-shatter-2/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:00:02 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144555 Coating ceramic schwarzites, 3D-printed lattices, with a thin polymer helps keep them from shattering under pressure.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0628_CERAMIC-1-B.jpgCoating ceramic schwarzites, 3D-printed lattices, with a thin polymer helps keep them from shattering under pressure, according to Rice University materials scientists. http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/06/enzyme-from-fungi-shows-molecules-which-way-to-turn-2/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:35:03 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144528 A small fungal enzyme could play a significant role in simplifying the development and manufacture of drugs, according to Rice University scientists.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0712_CTDE-B.jpgRice University postdoctoral researcher Zhiwen Liu shows a marine fungus, Penicillium citrinum, the source of a catalytic enzyme that could simplify the development and manufacture of drugs. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/06/cell-wrangling-circuit-simplifies-genetic-experiments/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:42:30 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144483 A Rice alumnus' work pays off with The Equalizer, a synthetic circuit that assures consistent gene expression in laboratory-bred colonies.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0712_EQUILIZER-B.jpgThe Equalizer is a synthetic circuit that assures consistent gene expression from cell to cell in laboratory-bred colonies. (Credit: Illustration by Jin Yang) http://news.rice.edu/2021/07/05/nih-grant-will-help-streamline-chemical-synthesis-2/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:43:28 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144506 Rice chemist Julian West has won a five-year, $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to advance his lab’s efforts to simplify the synthesis of organic chemicals.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/07/0621_WEST-B.jpgJulian West http://news.rice.edu/2021/06/29/fungi-embrace-fundamental-economic-theory-as-they-engage-in-trading-2/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:45:43 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144458 New research from a Rice University economist suggests certain networks of fungi embrace an important economic theory as they engage in trading nutrients for carbon with their host plants.

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2020/07/140814_Economics_Faculty-0425.jpgTed Loch-Temzelides http://news.rice.edu/2021/06/29/reversal-speeds-creation-of-important-molecule-2/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:45:27 +0000 https://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=144452 A Rice lab’s reverse approach to making halichondrin B is the shortest route to a “rather complex and important molecule."

]]> http://news.rice.edu/files/2021/06/0705_REVERSE-B.jpgRice University synthetic chemists have simplified the process to make halichondrin B, top, the parent compound of the successful cancer drug eribulin, bottom. Their reverse synthesis reduced the number of steps required to make the natural product. (Credit: Jenna Kripal/Nicolaou Research Group)