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 ...

James Tour is the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor and professor of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering at Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering. HOUSTON ...

It’s been obvious to anyone watching the Finals that LeBron James is taking on a superhuman workload. But according to group of leading athletic trainers and scientists, we haven’t fully grasped just ...

The Veritas Forum at Mississippi State featured James Tour, molecular chemist and Rice University professor, in Bettersworth Auditorium at historic Lee Hall on Wednesday night. He discussed whether ...

“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 ...

The discovery by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour could allow for crossbar array memories that store up to 162 gigabits, much higher than other oxide-based memory systems under investigation by ...

Graphene quantum dots made from coal, introduced in 2013 by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour, can be engineered for specific semiconducting properties in either of two single-step ...

Rice University researchers James Tour, chemistry professor, left, and graduate student William Sikkema. (Photo: Jeff Fitlow) Dr. James Tour poses for a photo at Rice University Thursday, Oct. 6 ...