Delicious food and space are not a combination we often hear. But that doesn't mean nutrition is not on the minds of space scientists. They realize that the more well-fed their astronauts are, the ...

Long-duration space missions, such as those to the Moon or Mars, require a reliable source of fresh, nutritious food for survival. The current reliance on pre-packaged astronaut meals could be ...

HOUSTON, (March 12, 2026) — Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the Gates Foundation to develop implantable cell factory platforms that can deliver ...

Shengxi Huang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering at Rice University, is the principal investigator on a research team that has won an award from the W.M.

Houston's Ion District is set to expand with the addition of a nearly 200,000-square-foot research and technology facility, The Arc at the Ion District. Rice University, the new facility's lead tenant ...