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Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize
June 24th, 2020Rice chemist James Tour has won a Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize. The award, given annually to up to three scientists from outside Great Britain, recognizes researchers for their contributions to the chemical sciences industry or education and for successful collaborations. Tour was named for innovations in materials chemistry with applications in medicine and nanotechnology.http://dateline.rice/june-24-news-release-tour
AM 860 (Portland, Oregon)
April 24th, 2020James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is interviewed. Mainly covering origin of life science. This program was broadcast nationally on many talk and Christian radio stations. http://dateline.rice/april-24-tour
Best Life: Killing superbugs with a tiny tool — medicine’s next big thing?
April 23rd, 2020‘Action News A.M.’WMC-TV (Memphis, Tennessee)http://dateline.rice/april-23-tour https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2130&DateTime=4/23/2020+5:55:11+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=2130&playclip=True&RefPage=&pbc=WatchlistTerm:1599598
Best Life: Killing superbugs with a tiny tool — medicine’s next big thing?
April 23rd, 2020An article features Rice research into developing motorized molecules that can kill antibiotic-resistant microbes. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted and interviewed.WMC 5 Onlinehttp://dateline.rice/april-23-tour https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/04/23/best-life-killing-superbugs-with-tiny-tool-medicines-next-big-thing/
New technology can convert the garbage into graphene and the manufacturing process takes only a few milliseconds
April 8th, 2020An article features pioneering research from Rice scientists that can create flash graphene from any carbon source. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, are […]
Still clueless about the origin of life
March 27th, 2020James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, authored an op-ed.Evolution Newshttp://dateline.rice/march-27-tourhttps://evolutionnews.org/2020/03/still-clueless-about-the-origin-of-life/
Finally, an origin-of-life scientist debates skeptic James Tour
March 24th, 2020James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is featured.Evolution Newshttp://dateline.rice/march-24-tour
Low-cost carbon capture material made from asphalt
January 12th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned. Chemical & Engineering News (This article also appeared in Financial Express, NHV.us and HNGN.) http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/01/Low-Cost-Carbon-Capture-Material.html Cheap […]
Special compound imprisons huge quantities of CO2
January 9th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted. China Topix http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/31656/20150109/scientists-use-cheap-asphalt-for-breakthrough-carbon-emissions-capture.htm Carbon capture breakthrough: Asphalt Fierce Energy http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/carbon-capture-breakthrough-power-plants-asphalt/2015-01-08 Asphalt compound could be essential to […]
New asphalt captures its own weight in CO2
January 8th, 2015Rice scientists turn asphalt into an effective, environmentally friendly carbon-capture material for use at natural gas wellheads. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted. Postdoctoral associate Almaz Jalilov and graduate students Gedeng Ruan, Chih-Chau Hwang, Desmond Schipper, Yilun Li, Huilong […]