Texas needs to establish a state research institute to tackle a growing brain health crisis—which will contribute to healthier and more productive communities, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute ...
Mar 8, 2023
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A new study by Rice University and the Houston Health Department shows wastewater-based monitoring is an effective way to detect viral outbreaks in schools.
Mar 1, 2023
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Coping with the loss of a spouse while dealing with the 9-to-5 grind can take a serious toll on the health of widows or widowers, according to new research from the Biobehavioral Mechanisms Explaining Disparities Lab (BMED) ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Rice's Han Xiao, Stanford's Zhen Cheng and collaborators have developed a new tool for noninvasive brain imaging that can help illuminate hard-to-access structures and processes. Their small-molecule dye, or fluorophore, ...
Jan 17, 2023
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The sensory organs that allow us to walk, dance and turn our heads without dizziness or loss of balance contain specialized synapses that process signals faster than any other in the human body.
Jan 17, 2023
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Rice University synthetic biologists have developed a new way to study a sensory system that salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens use to sicken millions of people each year.
Dec 12, 2022
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For many who suffer from epilepsy, seizures come like clockwork. But everyone has a different clock.
Nov 8, 2022
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some people in medically underserved Latino communities avoided getting vaccinated due to fears of side effects, mistrust of health officials and vaccine manufacturers and discrimination from health ...
Nov 7, 2022
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It's a mystery how human thoughts and dreams emerge from electrical pulses in the brain's estimated 100 trillion synapses, and Rice University neuroengineer Chong Xie dreams of changing that by creating a system that can ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Texas' health care industry is the most robust in the nation, but that hasn't translated to better outcomes for its citizens, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Oct 19, 2022
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