“Position 4” didn’t seem important until researchers took a long look at a particular peptide. That part of the peptide drawn from a SARS-CoV virus turned out to have an unexpected but significant influence on how it stably binds with a receptor central to the immune system’s ability to attack diseased cells. In a study […]
By Stephanie Benoit-Kurtz, faculty chair for cybersecurity programs at University of Phoenix Black Friday might look a little different this holiday season as companies opt to close their doors to shoppers and instead offer virtual options to help stop the spread of coronavirus. While doing so may help prevent illness, it puts consumers at greater […]
Rice University researchers are teaming with nonprofit VotingWorks to validate and improve open-source technology for voting by mail, work that will give local elections officials an important option if they’re flooded with applications from voters asking to cast mail ballots in November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is funded by a National Science […]
Two Houston, TX schools earned #1 spots on our just-reported lists of the Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2020: ● The University of Houston is #1 on the undergrad schools list ● Rice U is #1 on the graduate schools list. The Princeton Review surveyed more than 300 schools offering entrepreneurship studies, and analyzed more than 60 survey […]
