Modern simulations could improve MRIs
An article features Rice research that found that gadolinium-based contrast agents, the gold standard in magnetic resonance imaging to determine the health of a patient, can be improved. Co-authors Dilip Asthagiri, lecturer in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Philip Singer, assistant research professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-asthagiri-singer
Understanding photon collisions could aid search for physics beyond the Standard Model
An article features Rice research into photon-photon collisions that produce matter from pure energy. Co-authors Wei Li, an associate professor of physics and astronomy, and postdoctoral researcher Shuai Yang are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-li-yang
Opinion: Why customer service isn’t what it used to be
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Puget Sound Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-dholakia
Oil dynamics to dictate Permian flaring despite rising gas prices
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Energy Intelligence
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-krane
‘Smart’ shirt uses flexible carbon nanotube fibers to keep tabs on the heart
An article features Rice research into sewing nanotube fibers into athletic wear to monitor the heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram of the wearer. Co-authors cited include Matteo Pasquali, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry and director of the Carbon Hub; graduate students Lauren Taylor, Steven Williams and Oliver Dewey; and alumnus Stephen Yan.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-scitech
NT/ Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics
Paradigm on Medium
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-paradigm
Your T-shirt could soon tell you if your heart is OK
The Reading Frame on Medium
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-rf
Tabitha Forney: 5 things you need to know to become a great author
An article featuring Tabitha Forney mentions that she took a writing class at Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Authority Magazine on Medium
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-glasscock-school
Rice Architecture’s ‘Building Identities’
An article features Rice’s School of Architecture’s lecture series “Building Identities” Sept. 22-Nov. 12.
e-Flux Architecture
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-rsa
Cast in stone
An article features the stonework of Rice’s Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center.
Traditional Building
http://dateline.rice/sept-21-tb |