A researcher in the lab of Rice’s Angel Martí holds a vial of fluorescent dye molecules in solution. Using time-resolved spectroscopy, which tracks the fluorescence…
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A new study has found that Fourier analysis, a mathematical technique that has been around for 200 years, can be used to reveal important information…
Physicists have discovered a direct link between the magnetic and electronic orders in iron-germanium crystals, where the magnetic and electronic patterns are not only coexisting…
The new material could be used to act as a nano-scale switch or even a motor. Scientists at Rice University have discovered a new workable…
An artist’s impression of a magnetar eruption. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The sudden slowdown of a star in 2020 provides an opportunity to…
A schematic depiction of the burial and deep subduction of organic carbon. Credit: R. Dasgupta/Rice University Rising global temperatures are leading to a decrease in…
An illustration and microscopic images show the relationship between motion-sensing vestibular hair cells (blue) of the innermost ear and the cup-shaped “calyx” (green) structures of…
The NIR-II small-molecule dye developed by the lab of Rice University chemist Han Xiao is featured on the cover of the Dec. 28 issue of…
An illustration of the variations among the more than 5,000 known exoplanets discovered since the 1990s. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new model explains the rarity of…
Astronomers from Rice University and other organizations dug deep into the data from this near-infrared image, one of the first taken by NASA’s James Webb…
Pucklike bioelectronics designed at Rice University contain programmable bacteria and are attached to an electrode that delivers a signal when they detect a target contaminant,…
An illustration depicts the lost animal diversity of central Colombia. Credit: Oscar Sanisidro/University of Alcalá The scale of the biodiversity crisis is shown by recreating…
An artist’s conception of the complex magnetic correlations physicists have observed with a groundbreaking quantum simulator at Kyoto University that uses ytterbium atoms about 3…
To better understand and perhaps prevent cancers brought on by multiple genetic mutations, Rice University researchers are constructing a theoretical framework. A new theory suggests…
The membranes of infectious bacteria are no match for molecular machines developed at Rice University. The machines are activated by visible light and drill into…
A plastic jug is fodder for a material developed at Rice University that turns waste plastic into a material that absorbs carbon dioxide. The lab…
Rice University lab manipulates ultracold Rydberg atoms to mimic quantum interactions. Our spatial sense doesn’t extend beyond the familiar three dimensions, but that doesn’t stop…
New research provides evidence of demographic shifts in sub-Saharan Africa. A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced…
An American robin eats a winterberry. Small birds like robins typically disperse seeds over relatively short distances. Credit: Photo by Paul Vitucci Animal-dispersed plants’ ability…
Yuzhen Yan in Antarctica in December 2015. Credit: Yuzhen Yan Glacial erosion likely caused atmospheric oxygen levels to dip over past 800,000 years. An unknown…