Proteins link blood clot trouble, immune system
RICE (US) — There’s an unexpected connection between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are key to the immune system, say researchers. Continue…
Monday, April 1, 2013 11:50 - 1 Comment
Society & Culture - Mar 13, 2013 12:50 - 0 Comments
In China, social media censors are quick
RICE (US) — The operator of a Twitter-like social media site in China tracks individual users and key topics, managing to delete 90 percent of offending posts within 24 hours, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 7, 2013 12:18 - 3 Comments
Did key volcanoes cause climate flip-flops?
RICE (US) — Volcanoes at key locations where enormous amounts of carbon dioxide are poised for release may have driven Earth’s back and forth between greenhouse and icehouse states over the past 500 million years. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 28, 2013 10:54 - 0 Comments
To build test for toxins, levitate cells
RICE (US) — Scientists have used magnetic levitation to grow realistic lung tissue, which could lead to faster and cheaper toxicity tests for airborne chemicals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2013 18:09 - 1 Comment
Nanotube thread conducts heat like a metal wire
RICE (US) — A new carbon nanotube fiber looks like textile thread and conducts electricity and heat like a metal wire. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 20, 2012 11:13 - 16 Comments
New genomes hint at evolution’s slimy past
RICE/ UC BERKELEY (US) — Scientists have unveiled the genomes of a leech, an ocean-dwelling worm, and a limpet, more than doubling the number of genomes from a vast, under-studied swath of the animal kingdom. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 26, 2012 13:05 - 0 Comments
‘Lava dots’ made from molten metal salt
RICE (US) — Thanks to a chance discovery, scientists now know how to make hollow, coated versions of a nanotech staple called quantum dots. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2012 16:51 - 1 Comment
From icy water to steam via nanoparticles
RICE (US) — New technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam is so effective it even works with icy cold water. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 24, 2012 10:34 - 1 Comment
Hawaii’s dueling volcanoes share deep link
RICE (US) — A deep connection about 50 miles underground can explain the enigmatic behavior of two of Earth’s most notable volcanoes, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa and Kilauea. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2012 14:36 - 0 Comments
Bacteria do ‘the wave’ to gobble up prey
RICE (US) — One of the world’s smallest predators, Myxococcus Xanthus, engulfs and devours other bacteria by traveling in a wave, and scientists have figured out how. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 14, 2012 10:28 - 6 Comments
Spiders infest Guam after native birds disappear
RICE (US) — The spider population on Guam has exploded after the loss of native forest birds, researchers report. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 23, 2012 11:57 - 1 Comment
To feed smartphone beast, use more antennas
RICE (US) — New multi-antenna technology could help wireless providers keep pace with the voracious demands of mobile devices by allowing cell towers to beam signals simultaneously to more than a dozen customers on the same frequency. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 9, 2012 12:24 - 1 Comment
Bubbles snap nanotubes like twigs
RICE (US) — Carbon nanotubes, which are 100 times stronger than steel, can be snapped like a twig by tiny air bubbles, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 5, 2012 11:12 - 1 Comment
Unknown particle ‘near match’ for Higgs
RICE (US) — Physicists have announced the observation of a never-before-seen particle, which may turn out to be the Higgs boson or something new and equally important. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 27, 2012 16:05 - 11 Comments
Palladium cleans up toxin 1B times faster
RICE (US) — In the first side-by-side tests of palladium- and iron-based catalysts, palladium destroyed the carcinogen TCE up to a billion times faster than iron, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 13, 2012 10:50 - 0 Comments
Copper-core nanocable may store more energy
RICE (US) — Researchers have created a tiny coaxial cable that is about a thousand times smaller than a human hair and has higher capacitance than previous microcapacitors. (more…)
Top Stories - May 21, 2012 10:50 - 0 Comments
Reversible doping: Hydrogen alters ‘weird’ metal
RICE (US) — If you’re not a condensed matter physicist, vanadium oxide may be the coolest material you’ve never heard of. (more…)
Top Stories - May 17, 2012 15:34 - 9 Comments
‘Faulty’ computer chip is 15x more efficient
RICE (US) — Researchers have created an “inexact” computer chip that’s super efficient, challenging the industry’s 50-year pursuit of accuracy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2012 14:16 - 0 Comments
Nanobubbles-chemo mix targets cancer
RICE (US) — Delivering chemotherapy drugs with nanobubbles is up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional drug treatment, a new study shows. (more…)
