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- Rice University Engineers Develop Rapid Water-Based Method to Recover Critical Lithium-Ion Battery Minerals
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Section: Technology
A research team at Rice University has pioneered a hydrometallurgical recycling process using aqueous amino chlorides to extract valuable metals from spent batteries in mere minute...
- Rice University Researchers Identify PEX11 Protein as Critical Regulator for Early Plant Development and Energy Processing
Published: Apr 25, 2026
Section: Research
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the PEX11 protein is essential for regulating peroxisome size and vesicle formation during the transition from seed to seedling....
- Rice University Researchers Apply Chemical Principles to Solve the Mystery of Single-Egg Selection in Humans
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Research
A new computational model utilizing physical chemistry principles suggests that the selection of a single egg for maturation is a completely random process driven by hormonal thres...
- "Imposter" Quantum Material Leads Researchers to Discovery of Entirely New Magnetic State
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Section: Research
Rice University physicists have identified a new state of matter within a material previously misidentified as a "quantum spin liquid." The substance, cerium magnesium hexalluminat...
- Rice University AI Framework Decodes Hidden Genetic Signatures in Bacterial Self-Organization and Developmental Fate
Published: Apr 14, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers at Rice University have developed a deep-learning system capable of predicting the developmental outcome of bacterial colonies hours before visible changes occur. By an...
- Rice University Physicists Solve the Mystery of the Lazarus Phase in Rare Uranium Superconductor
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers have mapped a strange "resurrected" state of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride that emerges only under extreme magnetic interference. The study reveals that the...
- Rice University Chemists Challenge Periodic Table Limits With Novel Lanthanide-Oxygen Pi Interaction Discovery
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers have engineered a specialized molecular "basket" to force a binding interaction between neodymium and oxygen that was previously thought impossible. The discovery of th...
- Rice University Engineers Develop "HOBIT" Implant to Solve Oxygen Scarcity in Cellular Drug Factories
Published: Mar 28, 2026
Section: Research
A collaborative team from Rice, Carnegie Mellon, and Northwestern Universities has unveiled a wireless, battery-powered implant capable of generating local oxygen to sustain dense...
- Rice University Plasma Breakthrough Recovers 95 Percent of Strategic Metals and Critical Battery Graphite
Published: Mar 28, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers at Rice University have debuted a microwave-induced plasma technique capable of extracting nearly all critical minerals from spent lithium-ion batteries using mild citr...
- Integrated Bioelectronic HOBIT Device Sustains High-Density Implanted Cell Factories via Wireless In-Situ Water Splitting Oxygenation
Published: Mar 28, 2026
Section: Health
Researchers from Rice, Carnegie Mellon, and Northwestern Universities have developed HOBIT, a wireless implantable platform that generates oxygen locally to support dense clusters...
- Rice University Bioengineers Unveil ‘ATLAS’ Platform: A 3D-Printed, Teflon-Coated Breakthrough for Studying Metastatic Cancer Clusters
Published: Mar 27, 2026
Section: Research
A team at Rice University has developed the Advanced Tumor Landscape Analysis System (ATLAS), a high-throughput platform that uses superhydrophobic 3D-printed surfaces to generate...
- Rice University Bioengineers Launch ATLAS Platform to Model Cancer Metastasis and Target Support Cell Survival Mechanisms
Published: Mar 27, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
Researchers at Rice University have developed the Advanced Tumor Landscape Analysis System, a 3D-printed platform that recreates the harsh conditions cancer cells face in the blood...