05/29/2026
Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types
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Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types
Researchers developed a living bandage that accelerated healing across several wound types in animal models by continuously releasing therapeutic proteins at injury sites.
05/05/2026
Breaking the silence: At Rice, Black men gather for real conversations on mental health
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Breaking the silence: At Rice, Black men gather for real conversations on mental health
Hundreds of men gather at Rice for an open conversation about mental health.
05/01/2026
Rice Biotech Launch Pad receives award for research to advance cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes
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Rice Biotech Launch Pad receives award for research to advance cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad will advance the development of a cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes supported by an award from Breakthrough T1D.
05/01/2026
Motif Neurotech’s device to be tested in patients with treatment-resistant depression; company also selected for ARPA-H behavioral health program
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Brain-computer interface based on Rice research wins FDA approval for first clinical trial
Motif Neurotech, a company commercializing technology based on research at Rice, has received approval from the FDA to begin the first clinical trial of its therapeutic brain-computer interface for treatment of treatment-resistant depression.
04/30/2026
Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition
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Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition
Student innovators from across the globe gathered at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative to tackle some of the world’s most urgent health challenges.
04/08/2026
Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials
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Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials
More than 80 scientists and students from around the world gathered at Rice for the third annual Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology.
04/01/2026
Localized oxygen generation supports dense clusters of drug-producing cells in a compact implant
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Solving the oxygen problem in cell-based drug delivery
Rice researchers and collaborators have now successfully integrated solutions to several persistent challenges to implantable drug factories into a single device.
02/19/2026
At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care
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At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care
a spirit of conversation defined the two-day conference organized by Rice’s School of Humanities and Arts faculty Jacqueline Couti and Caroline Fache ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
02/18/2026
Noninvasive paths to complex brain science: Rice bioengineer named Sloan Research Fellow
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Noninvasive paths to complex brain science: Rice bioengineer named Sloan Research Fellow
Rice bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has been named a 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in chemistry, one of the most competitive honors for early career scientists in the U.S. and Canada.
02/18/2026
Explore the role of advanced computing and AI in the energy sector Feb. 24-26 at the BRC. RSVP today!
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Explore the role of advanced computing and AI in the energy sector Feb. 24-26
The Ken Kennedy Institute will host the 19th annual Energy HPC & AI Conference Feb. 24-26 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.