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NSF Funds Research for Development of Atomically Thin Coatings
Aug 17, 2015The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a one of a kind National Science Foundation funded university/industry center. Led by Penn State, in collaboration with Rice University in Houston, the ...
Tags: thin coatings, nanoscale coating
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Secant Medical Will Present at Rice University's Advances in Tissue Engineering 2014 22nd
Aug 28, 2014Perkasie, PA – Secant Medical will present at Rice University’s Advances in Tissue Engineering 2014 22nd Annual Short Course in Houston, August 13-16. Jeremy Harris, Ph.D., Technical Director at Secant Medical, will discuss how ...
Tags: Secant Medical, Tissue Engineering, Medicine
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Scientists Are Turning By-products of Wood and Wool Into Biodegradable Packaging
May 12, 2014Scientists at Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials are turning by-products of wood and wool into biodegradable packaging to help slash global plastic consumption. Dr Nishar Hameed says humans consume more than 100 ...
Tags: Wood pulp, silk fibres
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New Study Confirms There Is an Unspoken Rule Among Women
Feb 25, 2014TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- A new study confirms there is an unspoken rule among women: Don't settle for a short man. The researchers first analyzed data from online dating ads posted by about 450 men and 470 women across the United ...
Tags: Taller Guys, women, short men
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The Low-Cost Neonatal Breathing System Increased The Survival Rate of Newborns
Feb 25, 2014The first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system created by Rice University bioengineering students demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44 percent to 71 ...
Tags: Respiratory Illness, premature babies, CPAP
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Carbon Nanotube Fibers Is Greater to Carry Electrical Current Than Copper Cables
Feb 25, 2014On a pound-per-pound basis, carbon nanotube-based fibers invented at Rice University have greater capacity to carry electrical current than copper cables of the same mass, according to new research. While individual nanotubes are ...
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Scientists Have Found They Can Control The Bonds Between Atoms in a Molecule
Jan 16, 2014Rice University scientists have found they can control the bonds between atoms in a molecule. The molecule in question is carbon-60, also known as the buckminsterfullerene and the buckyball, discovered at Rice in 1985. The scientists led ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Researchers Developed a New Technique for Creating a Two-Dimensional Hybrid Material
Jan 14, 2014Some people believe that developing new manufacturing techniques for na noscale devices, like new types of epitaxy in which crystals are grown on a substrate, may in fact be more critical to producing the next generations of chips than ...
Tags: two-dimensional hybrid material, graphene, boron nitride
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The Begining of The U.S. Brain
Jan 3, 2014Sometimes when I think of the human brain,the theme from"Star Trek"starts playing in my own head.It's the music of great unknowns—and in certain ways the human brain,with more connections between its cells than there are galaxies in ...
Tags: human brain, Brain Research
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Daylight Solutions Has Been Awarded Supplemental Funding From NSF
Oct 9, 2013Daylight Solutions Inc of San Diego, CA, USA, which makes molecular detection and spectroscopic imaging systems based on mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) for scientific research, life science, industrial process control and ...
Tags: Daylight, Supplemental Funding
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Response of Asian and Global Markets Will Be Much Stronger and Will Happen Much Sooner
Jul 10, 2013The response of Asian and global markets to US liquefied natural gas exports will be much stronger and will happen much sooner than many anticipate, putting strong downward pressure on Asian prices, Rice University fellow Kenneth Medlock ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Chemicals
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Mr. Michael J. Graff and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt Are Elected to Company Board of Directors
May 21, 2013Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Michael J. Graff (57) and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt (53) have been elected to the company's board of directors. Mr. Graff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide ...
Tags: Westlake Chemical, BoD, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy
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People Are in Awe When Rice University Scientist Ned Thomas Holds up a Polyurethane Disc
Apr 16, 2013People are in awe when Rice University scientist Ned Thomas holds up a polyurethane disc with three bullets perfectly suspended inside. The material has not only stopped the bullets but also remains clear; there are no cracks and the ...
Tags: Bullet Proof Glass, Glass
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One Possible Solution Is Still Hard to Achieve
Dec 19, 2012As mobile network and device makers explore many paths to using wireless spectrum more efficiently, one possible solution is still hard to achieve: Sending and receiving data on the same frequency at the same time, in the same space. ...
Tags: mobile network, mobile device, radios, mobile spectrum
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Researchers at Rice University in Houston Have Developed a Prototype Spray-on Battery
Dec 17, 2012IDG News Service-Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a prototype spray-on battery that could allow engineers to rethink the way portable electronics are designed. The rechargeable battery boasts similar electrical ...
Tags: Rice University, Spray-on Battery Prototype, mobile gadget
