Add boron for better batteries
Mike Williams – May 16, 2013
Rice University theorists say graphene-boron mix shows promise for lithium-ion batteries

Bovine blood keeps gold nanoparticles stable
Mike Williams – May 13, 2013
Rice discovery could simplify, enhance biomedical, industrial nano applications

‘Going negative’ pays for nanotubes
Mike Williams – May 3, 2013
Rice University lab finds possible keys to better nanofibers, films

Students launch new undergrad research magazine, Catalyst
Jade Boyd– May 1, 2008
Students launch new undergrad research magazine, Catalyst 
Silicone liquid crystal stiffens with repeated compression
Mike Williams – April 29, 2013
Rice University researchers say discovery may point toward self-healing materials

2013 Rice Business Plan Competition awards $1.5 million, crowns world champion
Amy Hodges– April 22, 2013
The 2013 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) awarded more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes last weekend at Rice University.
 

Rice’s Laura Segatori wins NSF CAREER award
Jade Boyd – March 28, 2013
Engineering researcher creating new tools to study Parkinson’s disease     

Even graphene has weak spots

Rice, Tsinghua theorists find junctions in polycrystalline graphene
sap strength of super material

Hybrid ribbons a gift for powerful batteries
Mike Williams – March 25, 2013
Rice lab finds vanadium oxide/graphene material works well for lithium-ion storage
 
Rice builds nanotube photodetector
Mike Williams - February 27, 2013
Project with Sandia National Laboratories leads to promising optoelectronic device  

Simmons Family Foundation awards collaborative research grants
Mike Williams  - February 11, 2013
Teams from Rice University, Texas Children’s Hospital and
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute study nanobubbles,
astrocytes, peroxisomal disorders and bone cancer 

Halas elected fellow Materials Research Society
Patrick Kurp - February 8, 2013
Naomi Halas named a 2013 fellow of the Materials Research
Society (MRS) 

Essential armchair reading for nanotube researchers
Mike Williams  - February 5, 2013
Rice, NIST kick off collaboration with comprehensive look at
the fundamentals of most desirable nanotubes 
 

Flat boron by the numbers
Mike Williams  - January 31/2013
Rice University researchers calculate what it would take to make new two-dimensional material

Rice technique points toward 2-D devices 
Mike Williams  - January 28, 2013
Researchers create fine patterns that combine single-atom-thick graphene, boron nitride

Maglev tissues could speed toxicity tests 
Jade Boyd - January 24, 2013
Scientists use magnetic levitation to make in vitro lung tissue more realistic

New nanotech fiber: Robust handling, shocking performance 
Jade Boyd - January 10, 2013
Nanotube fibers have unmatched combination of strength, conductivity, flexibility

Another tiny miracle: Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste
Mike Williams  - January 8, 2013
Rice, Moscow State universities collaborate on solution to toxic groundwater woes