Jade Boyd

Houston

Science Editor at Freelance

Rice U. science writer, recovering journalist (views expressed are my own)

Articles

Rices Sylvia Dee working to improve projections of extreme droughts, floods

Jul 31, 2024 | pressreleasepoint.com | Jade Boyd

Submitted by RiceUniv on Wed, 07/31/2024 - 19:15 Rice University climate scientist Sylvia Dee has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious early career honor. Research goals supported by NSF CAREER Award By Jade Boyd Special to Rice News Rice University climate scientist Sylvia Dee has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious early career honor.
Rice chemist Gustavo Scuseria wins 2024 Schrödinger Medal

May 20, 2024 | eurekalert.org | Jade Boyd

By Jade BoydSpecial to Rice NewsPioneering Rice University chemist Gustavo Scuseria has won the 2024 Schrödinger Medal from the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. Awarded annually to a single recipient, the medal recognizes an outstanding body of work in theoretical and computational chemistry. Scuseria has pioneered quantum computational methods that are widely used to study the complex quantum states and electronic properties of a wide range of molecules and materials.
Targeted News Service

May 19, 2024 | targetednews.com | Jade Boyd

Chemist Julian West makes C&EN magazine's 'Talented 12' list May 20, 2024HOUSTON, Texas, May 20 -- Rice University issued the following news release:Rice University chemist Julian West is one of a dozen up-and-coming young scientists featured in Chemical & Engineering News' (C&EN) 2024 Talented 12, an annual issue of the weekly news magazine that highlights rising stars across all chemistry research disciplines. Julian West, an assistant professor and the Norman Hackerman . . .
Rice, Baylor College of Medicine centers jointly award seed grants

Apr 30, 2024 | eurekalert.org | Jade Boyd

Rice University’s Synthesis X Center (SynthX) and Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center have jointly awarded their first innovation seed grants to three teams of research collaborators from Rice and Baylor.
Quantum Leap: Rice Physicists Unlock Flash-Like Memory for Future Qubits

Apr 16, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Jade Boyd

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Quantum Leap: Rice Physicists Unlock Flash-Like Memory for Future Qubits

Apr 16, 2024 | scitechdaily.com | Jade Boyd

Quantum Leap: Rice Physicists Unlock Flash-Like Memory for Future Qubits By Jade Boyd, Rice University April 16, 2024Rice University physicists discovered a quantum material that can switch between two electronic phases, paving the way for advanced quantum memory technologies capable of storing qubits reliably. Credit: SciTechDaily.comRice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory.
Nonvolatile quantum memory: Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits

Apr 5, 2024 | phys.org | Jade Boyd

Rice University physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material—and a method for finding more like it—that could potentially be used to create flash-like memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down.
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits

Apr 5, 2024 | eurekalert.org | Jade Boyd

By Jade BoydSpecial Rice NewsRice University physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material — and a method for finding more like it — that could potentially be used to create flash-like memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down. Phase-changing materials have been used in commercially available non-volatile digital memory .
Rice’s new Synthesis X Center has winning formula for cancer innovation

Mar 20, 2024 | news.rice.edu | Jade Boyd

by Jade BoydSpecial to Rice NewsTo find better drugs and materials for diagnosing and destroying cancer, Rice University's new Synthesis X Center (SynthX) is building on a proven formula: Regularly bring together people who are experts at treating cancer with those who are experts at creating precisely formulated molecules, and let chemistry take its course.
Rice’s newSynthesis X Center has winning formula for cancer innovation

Mar 20, 2024 | news.rice.edu | Jade Boyd

by Jade BoydSpecial to Rice NewsTo find better drugs and materials for diagnosing and destroying cancer, Rice University's new Synthesis X Center (SynthX) is building on a proven formula: Regularly bring together people who are experts at treating cancer with those who are experts at creating precisely formulated molecules, and let chemistry take its course.