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Rice University petrologists have found Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential volatile elements from the planetary collision that created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago. (Image courtesy of Rice University)

Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth

Space
A new study by the Rice University scientists suggests that most of the Earth's essential elements of life such as carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential...
Rice University researchers studying the effect of light on pinwheels (left) and single C-shaped (right) gold nanoparticles have found an unknown effect on single particles. Stimulating the particles just right produced a near-perfect modulation of the light they scatter via their plasmonic response. The discovery may become useful in the development of chips for next-generation optical components for computers and antennas. Courtesy of the Link Research Group

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

Science
Rice scientists surprisingly made a discovery that suggests that exciting the microscopic particles just right produced a near-perfect modulation of the light they scatter. This...
An illustration depicting the minimum (interglacial, black) and maximum (glacial, grey) glaciation of the northern hemisphere during the ice age that began about 3.2 million years ago. (Image courtesy of Hannes Grobe/AWI/Wikimedia Commons)

True polar wander may be the reason of ice age

Science
Earth's most recent ice age may have been caused by changes somewhere inside the planet. In light of proof from the Pacific Ocean, including...
Haotian Wang, who will join the Rice faculty later this year, is the lead author of a study to transform carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and other industrial fuels. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer

New catalyst turns pollutant into fuel

Environment
Haotian Wang, Assistant professor at Rice University has an efficient plan to convert the greenhouse gas into useful products in a greenway. Along with his...
An illustration shows rubidium atom qubits isolated by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and proposed for use in quantum computers. A team led by Rice University computer scientist Anastasios Kyrillidis has proposed a scalable algorithm to significantly accelerate the task of validating the accuracy of quantum computers.

Quantum bugs, meet your new swatter

Technology
A Rice University scientist along with his colleagues have developed a new method to quicken and rearrange the monumental assignment of diagnosing quantum computers.  This...
ShareBackup: New circuit-switching tech to help data centers recover from failures

ShareBackup: New circuit-switching tech to help data centers recover from failures

Technology
Rice computer scientist Eugene Ng and his colleagues have introduced a new tool dubbed ShareBackup that will allow shared backup switches in data centers...
Muslim and Protestant scientists most likely to experience, perceive religious discrimination, study

Muslim and Protestant scientists most likely to experience, perceive religious discrimination, study

Lifestyle
Caste discrimination affects an estimated 260 million people worldwide. It involves massive violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. According to a...
A scanning electron microscope image shows spherical particles in type C fly ash used by Rice University engineers to make cementless binder for concrete. Courtesy of the Multiscale Materials Laboratory

Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete ‘green’

Invention
Using fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have developed a cementless and environmentally friendly composite binder. In excess of 20 billion tons...
Scientists led by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Rice University have created a general scaling law to help tune the electronic properties of 2D perovskite-based materials for optoelectronic devices. (Credit: Jean-Christophe Blancon/Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Scientists go deep to quantify perovskite properties

Technology
Led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory, a recent study offers new insights on electronic properties in quantum-scale devices that are likely to impact...
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