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The Welch Foundation is one of the United States' largest private funding sources for basic chemical research.

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Endowed Chair Ray Baughman and researchers at UT Dallas have invented a new, inexpensive method for fabricating artificial muscles for potential use in robots, in comfort-adjusting jackets that become more thermally insulating as the surrounding air becomes colder, and as

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Principal Investigator Keji Lai and researchers at The University of Texas at Austin suggest a universal 2D edge-seeded heteroepitaxy and slow kinetic strategy for the scalable growth of 2D nonlayered dielectric and demonstrates 2D CaNb2O6 nanosheets as promising dielectrics for

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Congratulations to Welch PI and 2024 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research recipient Livia Schiavinato Eberlin for being awarded the American Society for Mass Spectrometry’s 2025 Biemann Medal. Dr. Eberlin’s groundbreaking work in mass spectrometry imaging enables

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While much is known about the parts of the cell that have membranes, such as the nucleus, more mysterious are the biomolecular condensates that collect and organize molecules without them. These condensates concentrate specific collections of proteins, RNAs and small molecules

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Principal Investigator Yang Gao and researchers at Rice University have yielded pivotal insights into the workings of ADAR1, a critical protein involved in RNA editing. Their discoveries could potentially pave the way for novel therapeutic strategies aimed at addressing

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2025 Norman Hackerman Awardee and Principal Investigator Haotian Wang (Haotian Wang) along with researchers at Rice University and the University of Houston have discovered simple yet elegant solutions to address a fundamental issue in carbon capture and utilization technology —

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Endowed Chair and the D.R. Bullard- Welch Foundation Professor of Science at Rice University Peter Wolynes along with researchers have made a groundbreaking advancement in artificial intelligence, providing a pivotal insight into the perplexing mechanisms of neurodegenerative

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Rudi Fasan was recently recruited to Texas as a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar in Cancer Research and the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry at UT Dallas. He focuses on developing more efficient, sustainable and innovative

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The Welch Foundation Announces Glenn H. Fredrickson as Newest Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, welch1.org/news-reports/n…

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Principal Investigator Kim Orth and researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a preclinical model that recapitulates a rare infant-onset form of diabetes and suggests the condition stems from gradual damage to the pancreas through misregulation of a molecular pathway called

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David J. Tweardy, Welch Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson Cancer Center), specializes in identifying the structural and biochemical features of signaling proteins and oncoproteins that render them susceptible to modulation by small

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Principal Investigator Delia Milliron and researchers at UT Austin used small-angle X-ray scattering to assess whether the depletion mechanism holds at the nanoscale. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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To help prevent and defend against antibiotic-resistant infections, two scientists—microbiologist Anna Konovalova (Anna KonovalovašŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦) at UTHealth Houston and synthetic chemist Tian Qin at UT Southwestern Medical Center—are developing new strategies to accelerate the development of bacterial

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The Welch Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 Welch Award in Chemistry recipients: Dr. Stuart L. Schreiber of Harvard University and Arena BioWorks, and Dr. Peter G. Schultz of Scripps Research. Both are being recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of

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Principal Investigator Junichiro Kono (Junichiro Kono) and researchers at Rice University reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago, opening pathways for revolutionary applications in quantum computing,

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Life on Earth began in the deep sea, where extreme conditions shaped the earliest organisms. Lauren J. Webb at UT Austin, Sheena D’Arcy (D'Arcy Lab) at UT Dallas and Hao Yan at University of North Texas are diving into this deep-sea world to understand how lipid bilayer membranes—essential

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Principal Investigator Mike Henne and researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells. Their findings could help

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Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Kayla Goforth of Texas A&M University is studying the specific genetic mechanisms involved in the butterflies’ ability to use the magnetic field to migrate. ā€œChemical magnetic reception is light-dependent and we suspect that complex chemical reactions underlie animals’

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ā€œIf we had enough computational power and mathematical knowledge, we could use wave equations to solve all the open questions in chemistry,ā€ enthused Brad Ganoe, Welch Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University. However, since those capabilities are far off – if even achievable – Dr.

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Principal Investigator Shengxi Huang and researchers at Rice University have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more precise medical diagnoses and sample analysis. news.rice.edu/news/2025/ligh…