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New nano strategy fights superbugs
An article features Rice research developing nanosheets that absorb and degrade antibiotic-resistant genes, which will prevent them from persisting in sewage system wastewater, where they can invade and infect other bacteria. Co-authors Pedro Alvarez, director of Rice’s Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment and the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; graduate students Danning Zhang, Ruonan Sun and Hassan Javed; and Pingfeng Yu, a postdoctoral researcher at Rice, are cited.
Nanowerk (This article also appeared in Mirage News and Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/march-12-alvarez
Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston
An article features Rice research into the evolution of Houston flood plains based on a collaboration between experts at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering and Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center. Research scientist Andrew Juan, alumna Avantika Gori and associate research scientist Antonia Sebastian are cited.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/march-12-juan-sebastian
Ideal glass would explain why glass exists at all
An article quotes Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science, professor of chemistry, of biochemistry and cell biology, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering.
Quanta Magazine (This article also appeared in Elexonic.)
http://dateline.rice/march-12-wolynes
Research produces most accurate 3D images of 2D materials
An article features collaborative Rice research into producing detailed three-dimensional maps of the atoms in a single layer of molybdenum disulfide. Co-author Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry, is mentioned.
Best Research Reports
http://dateline.rice/march-12-ajayan
Two big, new threats to NVDA stock that should worry investors
An article features Rice research that developed an algorithm that can speed up deep learning technology without the use of specialized acceleration hardware. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, is quoted.
InvestorPlace
http://dateline.rice/march-12-shrivastava
Groovy key to nanotubes in 2D
An article features Rice research into a method for making carbon nanotubes line up in thin films on a filter membrane. Co-authors Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Natsumi Komatsu are quoted.
ProSys Com
http://dateline.rice/march-12-kono
New catalyst creates useful chemicals from wastewater
An article features Rice research into a new rhodium catalyst that can convert nitrite pollutant waste into ammonia and hydrazine. Michael Wong, the William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering, and graduate student Chelsea Clark are quoted and pictured.
ChEnected
http://dateline.rice/march-12-wong
Steve Scott lays out HPE-Cray blended product roadmap
An article features Steve Scott’s presentation at Rice’s Oil & Gas High Performance Computing Conference March 3. A video is included.
HPCWire.com
http://dateline.rice/march-12-hpc
Podcast: Applying deep learning to extreme weather
Rice engineers have created a deep learning computer system that taught itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like heat waves, up to five days in advance using minimal information about current weather conditions.
InsideHPC
http://dateline.rice/march-12-hpc
$22M grant awarded to build ‘smart’ device for healing large muscle wounds
An article mentions that Rice is a part of a multi-institution initiative that won a $22 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a device that combines artificial intelligence, bioelectronics and regenerative medicine to regrow muscle tissue.
Orthopedic Design & Technology
http://dateline.rice/march-12-darpa |
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