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Rice doctoral student designs electricity-free heating and cooling system Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
Research by Lorenzo Castelli and collaborators expands passive variable insulation to multi-season capabilities.
Clean-tech company Helix Earth secures $5.6M in seed funding Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
Startup led by Rawand Rasheed ’23 develops retrofit devices to reduce energy consumption in air-conditioning systems.
Rice team develops blood-free, point-of-care diagnostic test Monday, Oct. 28, 2024
Microfluid skin patch, microneedles detect protein biomarkers in dermal interstitial fluid.
DOE funds Rice researchers to promote concentrating solar thermal technology Monday, Oct. 14, 2024
Rice to partner with Harris County, Community Lattice and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research to develop education and outreach initiative.
Rice team wins ASME Student-led Paper Award Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024
Student team recognized for research in energy transition, flow control at ASME's Energy Sustainability Conference.
Rice labs introduce new techniques for textile-based robotics Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024
Research led by Marcia O’Malley and Daniel Preston featured as cover art in Advanced Intelligent Systems.
Marcia O’Malley receives IEEE Distinguished Service Award Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Rice mechanical engineer recognized for service to the Robotics and Automation Society, contributions to the haptics community.
Rice-led collaboration develops novel technique for diagnostic testing Friday, May. 10, 2024
New method of microneedle-based sampling of dermal interstitial fluid is six times more effective than existing sampling techniques.
Raudel Avila awarded Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Friday, May. 3, 2024
Rice assistant professor recognized by American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering.