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Nanoparticles used to trap oil drops: Rice University researchers have found a new way to spontaneously assemble nanoparticles into bag-like sacs. Their 'nanobatons' could be used to clean up oil spills by trapping oil droplets in polluted waters. These nanoparticles could even be more useful for delivering drugs. The researchers found that 'ultraviolet light and magnetic...; Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Researcher, Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-31
A Moore's Law for medical breakthroughs: In the world of medical research the chief contribution of this decade has been breaching the wall between organic and inorganic chemistry. Computing has made this possible. It can take a vast amount of computing power to create an enzyme from scratch. Thanks to distributed computing and...; Tags: Rice University, Computing, Moore, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Design and Scalability of NLS, a Scalable Naming and Location Service: This paper sketches the design, and presents a scalability analysis and evaluation of NLS, a scalable naming and location service. NLS resolves textual names to the nearest of a set of replicated objects associated with that name, and is designed to scale to the dimensions of a world-wide service. Applications...; Tags: Rice University, Scalability, NLS; White papers 2008-01-01
pathChirp: Efficient Available Bandwidth Estimation for Network Paths: This paper presents pathChirp, a new active probing tool for estimating the available bandwidth on a communication network path. Based on the concept of "Self-induced congestion," pathChirp features an exponential flight pattern of probes one calls a chirp. Packet chips offer several significant advantages over current probing schemes based on...; Tags: Estimation, Rice University, Bandwidth, Network, pathChirp, Networking; White papers 2008-01-01
Robotic help for stroke patients: According to several estimations, there are more than 5 million people living in the U.S. who have been affected by a cerebral vascular accident. And more than 700,000 persons are suffering from a stroke every year. Some of them recover well. But others need months of physical therapy to regain...; Tags: Rice University, Patient, Robot, RiceWrist, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-07

How radio waves really can kill cancer: When I first read this I thought it was crazy, but it's not. Scientists at Rice University and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are injecting carbon nanotubes into tumors, then hitting the tumors with radio waves. Lead scientist Steven Curley of M.D....; Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Radio, Scientist, Carbon Nanotube, Cancer, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Nanotech is approaching the human body: Nanotechnology is becoming increasingly practical in the fight against disease, especially cancer. As a proud alumnus of Rice University (class of '77) I get to follow this closely. Since I graduated, Rice has become the leader in this type of chemistry, using a multi-disciplinary approach which brings...; Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Gold, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-25
Nuking cancer cells with alpha particles?: Radiotherapy is widely used to fight cancers. Today, only beta particles are approved by health regulators, such as the U.S. FDA. Beta particles are small and travel fast, but it takes thousands of them to kill a cancer cell. Now, U.S. researchers have found a way to use alpha particles...; Tags: Rice University, Particle, Cell, Radiotherapy, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Boron buckyballs are coming: Im sure you know that buckyballs are molecules composed entirely of carbon and got their name for famed architect Buckminster Fuller because of their shapes. Now, Rice University scientists have designed -- on computers -- a buckyball made of 80 boron atoms. The shape of this very stable molecule is...; Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Rice University's GIS/Data Center: How Do We Do GIS?: The distribution of GIS services in academic libraries has taken many forms; where as some libraries opt to provide a full array of GIS services, others offer mainly on-line reference material. This paper will describe the experience in implementing GIS from a central library location. The paper would attempt to...; Tags: Rice University, GIS, Software; White papers 2006-07-18
Rice goes open source: I happen to be a loyal alumnus of Rice University, class of '77.So it was with more than a little pride that I opened up my News.Com folder today and saw the following: Rice Swaps Print for Digital Press. The University is reviving its old academic imprint through an open...; Tags: Rice University; Blog posts 2006-07-13
A helicoid with a handle: For the first time in more than 200 years, a team of mathematicians from Rice, Stanford and Indiana universities has discovered a new shape of geometrical minimal shape. Their 'genus one helicoid' looks like a parking garage ramp or a curved soap film. But when it's untwisted, it looks like...; Tags: helicoid; Blog posts 2005-11-01
Images: Hot wheels for molecules: Infinitessimally small nanocars developed at Rice University roll on streets paved with gold.; Tags: Rice University, molecule; Image galleries 2005-10-21
Images: Hot wheels for molecules: Infinitessimally small nanocars developed at Rice University roll on streets paved with gold.; Tags: Rice University, molecule; Image galleries 2005-10-21
Nanoscale optics for data transmission: I've already written about plasnomics, this new field which aims to develop optical components and systems similar in size with current integrated circuits (check "A plasmonic revolution for computer chips?"). Now, researchers from Rice University have gained new insights into nanoscale optics by discovering "a universal relationship between the behavior...; Tags: electron; Blog posts 2005-09-18
TCP-PARIS: A Parallel Download Protocol for Replicas: Parallel download protocols have the potential to reduce file download time and to achieve a server-side load balancing in replica systems, such as peer-to-peer networks, content distribution networks and mirrored servers, by simultaneously establishing connections to multiple replicas and downloading disjoint file parts in parallel. This paper presents TCP-PARIS, a...; Tags: Rice University, Network, Replica, Construction, Servers, Networking, Hardware; White papers 2005-07-01
Analysis of Decision-Feedback Based Broadband OFDM Systems: In wireless communications, about 25%of the bandwidth is dedicated to training symbols for channel estimation. By using a semi-blind approach, the training sequence length can be reduced while improving performance. The principle is as follows: the detected symbols hard decision are fed back to the channel estimator in order to...; Tags: Rice University, Broadband, Training, Analysis, Workforce Management, Human Resources; White papers 2005-06-22
Hermitian Optimization and Scalable VLSI Architecture for Circulant Approximated MIMO Equalizer in CDMA Downlink: The growing demands for broadband multimedia services, ubiquitous networking via mobile devices push the development of advanced modem technology. Multiple Input Multiple Output MIMO technology using multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver has recently emerged as one of the most significant technical breakthroughs in modern communications. On the...; Tags: Multimedia, Rice University, Optimization, CDMA, MIMO, VLSI, Modems, Cellular Phones, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2005-06-06
An Efficient Circulant MIMO Equalizer for CDMA Downlink: Algorithm and VLSI Architecture: Wireless communication is experiencing radical advancement to support broadband multimedia services and ubiquitous networking via mobile devices. MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output technology using multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver has emerged as one of the most significant technical breakthroughs for throughput enhancement. This paper presents an efficient...; Tags: Algorithm, Rice University, CDMA, Wireless Communication, MIMO, VLSI; White papers 2005-06-05
LDPC Code Design for OFDM Channel: Graph Connectivity and Information Bits Positioning: This paper presents an optimized channel coding scheme for OFDM transmission. In the future wireless standards such IEEE 802.11n, frame error rates FER as low as 0.0001 are targeting. Irregular LDPC codes have excellent performance at moderate computational complexity: they are strong candidates for channel coding in such systems. In...; Tags: Rice University, Positioning, OFDM, Wireless; White papers 2005-05-31