Corps of Engineers funds bid to ‘flash’ waste into useful materialsPublished bynews2.rice.eduon •1 min readWhere others see a pile of trash, Rice University chemist James Tour sees a figurative gold mine.ChemistryDefenseElevate ResearchNatural SciencesProvostResearchRN-HOMEAdministrationAlumniArchitectureAthleticsBaker InstituteBioengineeringBioSciencesCentennialLearn moreShareLegalReport