World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks
Milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each ...
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Southeast Asia must close yield gap to remain a major rice bowl
At least 40 percent of global rice exports come from Southeast Asia, making the region a major rice bowl. The ...
Identified: Genes that can boost maize and rice yields
Researchers comparing domestication pathways between maize and rice – two of the world’s most economically important crops – identified a ...
Run not just fun for Rice students, elementary partners
NEWS RELEASE Credit: Illustration by Robert Weaver NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 jfalk@rice.edu Mike Williams 713-348-6728 mikewilliams@rice.edu Run not just ...
New, possibly arboreal rice rat species discovered in Ecuador
“In total, the expeditions to the Kutukú region in southeastern Ecuador involved 1,200 trap nights, but only one specimen of ...
Christians, Jews and Muslims experience workplace discrimination differently, new Rice research shows
Two-thirds of Muslims, half of Jews and more than a third of evangelical Protestant Christians experience workplace discrimination, albeit in ...
Closer look helps Rice lab ponder when a protein’s prone to wander
HOUSTON – A surface that feels smooth to human touch could be pretty rough to a protein. That can be good ...
Rice team’s mask strategy passes muster
HOUSTON – (Feb. 7, 2022) – Masks to protect people from illness come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately. Credit: ...
NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement
HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2021) – Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National ...
Rice lab first to mimic molecule found in poppies
HOUSTON – (Nov. 15, 2021) – A Rice University undergraduate student’s grit and talent paid off in a big way ...
Dry rice: Cracking the core molecular and physiological traits of drought-tolerant rice
For many smallholder farmers in South and Southeast Asia, rice is more than a staple food—it’s a livelihood. Generations of ...
Rice lab details conditions to decontaminate disposable masks
HOUSTON – (Nov. 12, 2021) – Here’s the recipe to decontaminate a disposable facemask: Heat it at 160 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Rice tapped to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military
HOUSTON – (Nov. 10, 2021) – Rice University researchers have received $1.3 million from the Office of Naval Research through ...
Comparing photosynthetic differences between wild and domesticated rice
Millions of people in Asia are dependent on rice as a food source. Believed to have been domesticated as early ...
Rice web server helps identify COVID-19 drug candidates
HOUSTON – (Nov. 1, 2021) – Rice University researchers have introduced an online portal to help researchers screen COVID-19 drug ...
Packard Foundation backs Rice bioengineer
HOUSTON – (Oct. 14, 2021) – The physical markers of neurological ailments like post-traumatic stress disorder or Parkinson’s disease lie ...
NSF extends Physics of Living Systems network at Rice
HOUSTON – (Sept. 27, 2021) – The Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) graduate research network administered by Rice University’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) ...
Rice lands grant to improve time-release drugs
HOUSTON – (Sept. 21, 2021) – Time-released drugs are about to get a geometry lesson, thanks to bioengineers at Rice ...
Tweezer grant pleases Rice researchers
HOUSTON – (Sept. 8, 2021) – Pick up a pea with one chopstick while blindfolded and you’ll get a sense of ...