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China’s dominance over the supply of rare-earth minerals and materials — which are critical for energy transition and defense technologies — should spur U.S. policymakers to bolster raw materials supply chains, according to a new report…

At a Dec. 5 celebration and reception for committee members and top donors to this year’s Rice United Way campaign, the fundraising effort’s staff chair Susann Glenn and faculty chair Doug Natelson declared the annual effort had once…

The Rice football team came up short in its first postseason appearance since 2014, but that didn't stop the Owl faithful from enjoying the sights and sounds surrounding last week's the LendingTree Bowl.Rice fans, players, coaches and…

Individual titlist Ella Dyson led the Rice swimming team to its second triumph at the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Open Water Championship Dec. 18.The Owls took the team title behind top 20 finishes from all four of…

A new, $1 million gift from Houston Endowment to the Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium will allow for expanded research capacity and more outreach to better educate practitioners and the…

Testing the contents of a simple sample of wastewater can reveal a lot about what it carries, but fails to tell the whole story, according to Rice University engineers. Rice engineers compared wastewater “grabs” to daylong composite…

A crystal’s shape is determined by its inherent chemistry, a characteristic that ultimately determines its final form from the most basic of details. But sometimes the lack of symmetry in a crystal makes the surface energies of its facets…

Representatives from the U.S. Army joined David Satterfield, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, on Nov. 28 to sign a memorandum of understanding for the institute to provide expertise to support the Army Civil Affairs…

How do animals in the wild use their time? A researcher at Rice University is part of a new study that shows what motivates the daily ramble of tropical populations.The study by an international team that includes Rice bioscientist Lydia…

Two renowned Rice University professors and a longtime backer have won prestigious honors in the 2023 IEEE Awards.Professors Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are among this year’s honorees, those “whose exceptional achievements…