17 September 202410 September 2024 Chemical recycling of mixed textile waste Most postconsumer textiles are mixed fibers, complicating mechanical recycling due to material blends and contaminants
21 May 202415 May 2024 Rice researchers’ synthetic chemistry approach yields new compounds with potential biomedical applications The study marks a significant advancement in chemical synthesis techniques, leveraging modern organic chemistry and engineered enzymes
22 January 201619 January 2016 Study: Bacteria attack lignin with enzymatic tag team Team from Rice, University of Wisconsin-Madison shows how nature handles lignin
22 November 201321 November 2013 Tricking algae’s biological clock boosts production of drugs, biofuels Tricking algae’s biological clock to remain in its daytime setting can dramatically boost the amount of valuable compounds that these simple marine plants can produce when they are grown in constant light
