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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Angel Martí, the 2026 recipient of the ACS-GHS Joe W. Hightower Award! We’re proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions to chemistry. 🧪🏆 #RiceChemistry #ACS #Chemistry
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New research from Rice Chemistry’s Kushal Bagchi and team shows that an organic semiconductor can transform from a liquid crystal into a solid while retaining its molecular organization! Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2026/liqu…

Liquid crystal takes page from steel in surprising phase transition

Rice researchers have shown that an organic semiconductor can transform from a liquid crystal into a solid crystal through a rapid, highly coordinated process resembling a Martensitic transformation.

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Congratulations to Rice Chemistry’s Lea Nienhaus on receiving the 2027 WCC Rising Star Award, presented by the American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee! 🎉🧪 We’re proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition! #RiceChemistry #WomenInChemistry #ACS
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Rice’s Prof. David Sholl shares how new AI and machine learning tools could shape the future of computational chemistry. Read more below! news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…

Rice professor advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI tools

David Sholl, Rice’s executive vice president for research and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently published an opinion piece in ACS Central Science, where he and co-author...

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The Rice University Department of Chemistry is pleased to share its Fall 2025–Spring 2026 Newsletter! Click the link below to read the newsletter and learn more about the department’s latest achievements and activities. canva.link/b831hfarle86st6

Fall 2025 Newsletter

Check out this US Letter designed by Bridget Reis.

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Rice researchers use chemistry principles to predict how a single antral follicle is selected to mature. news.rice.edu/news/2026/new-…

New model helps understand why most human pregnancies are singletons

Rice researchers develop new model of follicle selection that suggests its chance, not size, that selects a follicle during the menstrual cycle.

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Rice seed grants are accelerating breakthroughs in dementia and brain health, helping researchers move faster and get ahead of new state funding opportunities! news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…

Rice seed grants aim to speed dementia, brain health research ahead of new state funding opportun...

An internal seed funding initiative will support 12 projects exploring brain health research.

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Congrats to Rice professor Zachary Ball and team on a new way to study pyroglutamate! news.rice.edu/news/2026/new-…

New tool shines light on hidden protein mystery

Rice professor Zachary Ball recently published a paper describing a new way to target a common but understudied posttranslational modification called pyroglutamate. 

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Rice researchers turn persistent environmental liability into a resource! news.rice.edu/news/2026/gran…

Granular activated carbon-sorbed PFAS can be used to extract lithium from brine

James Tour and his research team developed a process to use PFAS to extract lithium from high-salinity brine pools in a study recently published in Nature Water.

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Rice University’s SynthX Center, led by Han Xiao, receives up to $18M from ARPA-H! news.rice.edu/news/2026/brea…

Breaking barriers in lymphatic imaging: Rice’s SynthX Center leads up to $18M effort for ‘unprece...

Rice's SynthX Center has received an up to five-year, $18 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

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Rice researchers uncover the hidden physics of knot formation in fluids news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

Rice researchers uncover the hidden physics of knot formation in fluids

A team of researchers at Rice, Georgetown University and the University of Trento in Italy has uncovered a surprising physical mechanism that explains how a single filament can form a knot while...

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Professor James Tour and his team have found a way to turn toxic red mud from aluminum production into valuable materials in under a minute!news.rice.edu/news/2025/new-…

New electrical flash method rapidly purifies red mud into strong ceramics, aluminum feedstock

Rice researchers have developed a faster and cleaner method for recovering aluminum and removing toxic metals from bauxite residue.

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Prof. Han Xiao has developed AnapTh, a fluorescent “molecular magnifying glass” that helps detect early signs of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & cancer. news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

Rice scientists develop ‘molecular magnifying glass’ to help identify diseases earlier

Researchers have engineered a fluorescent probe, into precise subdomains of protein.

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Prof. Angel Martí, Prof. David Sarlah, and Prof. Haotian Wang have received national ACS awards for their outstanding contributions to chemistry and dedication to mentoring the next generation of scientists. #RiceUniversity #ACSAwards news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

Rice’s Martí, Sarlah, Wang honored with national American Chemical Society awards

Rice’s Martí, Sarlah, Wang honored with national American Chemical Society awards.

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Rice University & Baylor College of Medicine awarded $90K in seed grants to 3 teams to drive breakthroughs in cancer immunotherapy and neuro-oncology. #CancerResearch #MedicalInnovation news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

Rice, Baylor College of Medicine award seed grants for cancer research

Rice's Synthesis X Center and Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center have awarded the second offering of a two-year seed grant program.

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A new study from Rice University finds that the letters following a DNA nucleotide affect how often transcription errors occur. This discovery could help improve RNA-based therapies and synthetic biology. news.rice.edu/news/2025/why-…

Why some genes are more error-prone: Scientists uncover hidden rule in DNA transcription

The study by Rice scientists shows why genetic sequences are not equally prone to errors.

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We welcome Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede to Rice University’s Department of Chemistry! A leading biophysicist, Dr. Wittung-Stafshede joins us with support from a $6 million CPRIT recruitment grant, bringing new momentum to our cancer research efforts. news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

Rice recruits biophysicist to boost cancer research efforts

Rice’s Department of Chemistry will soon welcome Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede.

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Congratulations to Dr. Han Xiao! We are proud to announce that Dr. Xiao has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award. shorturl.at/jy4TM

Dr. Han Xiao Wins the 2025 Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award | ACS Publications...

Read an exclusive interview with Dr. Xiao covering his history with the journal, his research collaborators, and his advice for starting a new lab.

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