When Rice University professor James Tour and his team quickly heated spent lithium-ion batteries to over 4,040 degrees Fahrenheit, some astounding things happened. By flash-heating the power ...

“Our method doesn’t just destroy these hazardous chemicals; it turns waste into something of value,” said James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Rice University Chao Professor of Chemistry, in a ...

Rice University chemist James Tour has led a research team to develop a rapid electrothermal mineralization (REM) process, which in seconds can remediate the accumulation of synthetic chemicals ...

In this wide-ranging conversation, Meyer and Tour contrast biological evolution with the more complex challenge of chemical evolution, where modern science still struggles to explain how nonliving ...