Dateline Rice for March 29, 2012

FEATURED ITEMS

Nanostarfruits are pure gold for research
They look like fruit, and indeed the nanoscale stars of new research at Rice University have tasty implications for medical imaging and chemical sensing. Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized by Eugene Zubarev, associate professor of chemsitry, and Leonid Vigderman, a graduate student in Zubarev’s lab at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative, could nourish applications that rely on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Zubarev is mentioned. This was Science360.gov’s featured picture of the day.
Science360.gov
http://tinyurl.com/cgyyckc

Look through memory with see-through chips
Researchers have developed transparent, flexible memory chips, which could lead to inventions like see-through cellphones that wrap around the wrist. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of computer science, is quoted.
Futurity.org
http://tinyurl.com/d7yjbf8
Soon, see-through cellphones
Times of India (This Asian News International article also appeared on NewsTrackIndia.com and ZeeNews.com.)
http://tinyurl.com/bmjqf2b
Transparent memory chips incoming; see-through gaming devices next?
CinemaBlend.com
http://tinyurl.com/chltxah
Transparent memory chips are coming
NextBigFuture.com
http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/transparent-memory-chips-are-coming.html
Researchers create flexible, transparent, 3-D nonvolatile memory
ExtremeTech.com (This article also appeared on Hardware.info.)
http://tinyurl.com/886h64p
Chemist reveals transparent, flexible memory
RDMag.com
http://tinyurl.com/boqedc6
Transparent 3-D memory chips to replace flash drives
EE Times
http://www.eetindia.co.in/ART_8800664102_1800001_NT_39e3a319.HTM
Transparent memory chips are in the pipeline
UberGizmo.com
http://tinyurl.com/7pnu45c
Transparent 3-D chips to power next gen computers
SouthKoreaNews.net (This article also appeared on BritainNews.net, BruneiNews.net, NewKerala.com, TajikistanNews.net, KazakhstanNews.net, MalaysiaNews.net, Sulekha.com, CambodianTimes.com, NetIndia123.com, SentinelAssam.com and ArgentinaNews.net.)
http://www.southkoreanews.net/story/204449231
On the way to transparent and flexible phones
OverclockersClub.com
http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/31094/
Transparent memory chips are coming
Cellular-News.com
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/53709.php

Federal rules cut state ozone output
A new state-by-state study finds that federal emissions standards have effectively lowered ozone levels since 2004. Daniel Cohan, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Hanszen College senor Andrew Pegues are quoted.
Futurity.org
http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/federal-rules-cut-state-ozone-output/

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Public Broadcasting Services’ ‘Charlie Rose’
James Baker, honorary chair of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about his career and Israel.
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12263

Syria has ‘nothing to lose, something to gain’ from Annan plan
Facing growing global pressure over rising violence in his country, Syria’s embattled president had little choice but to accept a U.N. special envoy’s peace proposal. Edward Djerejian, founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/27/world/meast/syria-plan-analysts/

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice receives $25 million naming gift from alumnus Robert Klein for a new social sciences building
Rice University received a $25 million gift from alumnus Robert Klein ’75 to name a new School of Social Sciences building. President David Leebron and Lyn Ragsdale, dean of the School of Social Sciences, the Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs and professor of political science, are quoted.
Cypress Times
http://tinyurl.com/758mjve

For some refiners, the price of gasoline is too low
Rising gasoline prices have become a source of finger-pointing and political rhetoric — yet the economic reality for some refiners is that the price isn’t high enough. Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/dx4w6yz

An African-American atheist’s theology
An article discusses the book "The End of God-Talk: An African-American Humanist Theology" by Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religious studies. Pinn is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/c7ncb9w

Moving toward Tier One
An editorial about the University of Texas at Dallas’ efforts to achieve Tier One status mentions that Rice is one of three Tier One institutions in the state.
Dallas Morning News
http://tinyurl.com/d8o4g9x

Your weekly guide to Houston: A kooky Easter egg hunt, a massive children’s festival, garden cocktails & green movies
An article about events in Houston mentions a March 31 Shepherd School of Music concert.
Culturemap.com
http://tinyurl.com/d28yoxq

Urban art on display in studio downtown
As part of Houston Enriches Rice Education, Rice collaborated with the University of Houston for the two-day hip-hop conference titled "Awready!" to celebrate Houston’s treasured artists.
TheDailyCougar.com
http://thedailycougar.com/2012/03/28/urban-art-on-display-in-studio-downtown/

Security State Bank breaks ground for Liberty branch
Rice is mentioned in an article about the groundbreaking for a new bank that is being built with a helical system foundation in Liberty, Texas.
Liberty County Vindicator
http://tinyurl.com/cyaasve

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

International growth blessings require infrastructure enhancement
Adria Baker, executive director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, authored this op-ed about building a strong campus infrastructure.
NAFSA.org
http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/default.aspx?id=30944

Old disco trick unlocks graphene’s high tech potential
Rice research is cited in an article about graphene research.
CleanTechnica.com
http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/28/graphene-flakes-can-be-made-with-dry-ice/

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Youth orchestra strikes note, changes lives
Alumna Sarah Mesko ’10 is quoted in an article about the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra.
AYMag.com
http://tinyurl.com/d5g4xoc

SPORTS

Rice baseball wins rematch against Lamar
Articles recap a baseball game between Rice and Lamar University.
SBNation.com
http://tinyurl.com/7hsb2mj
Cards fall to Rice
LamarUniversityPress.com
http://tinyurl.com/bptycsx

Islanders’ Kassandrea Son earns SLC weekly track honors
The Victor Lopez Classic at Rice is mentioned in an article about a Texas A&M-Corpus Christi student-athlete.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Texas)
http://tinyurl.com/cjhs5yo

NEWS RELEASE

Centennial video series: The Owl
Working with Centennial Historian Melissa Kean, video producer Brandon Martin goes back to the early 1900s for a look at The Owl, a Houston refreshment spot.
https://news2.rice.edu/?p=25004