Rice's McHargue to Start at QBCollege football sources told FOX 26 Sports Friday the Rice Owls will start redshirt freshman quarterback Taylor McHargue against the University of Texas Saturday at Reliant Stadium.U.S. funds 'white space' net researchA U.S. grant to Rice University will fund research on wide-area Wi-Fi networks that will use "white space" TV spectrum.Rice's nanotech work hopes to revolutionize energy gridSometimes the biggest changes are the ones you can't see coming. And that is certainly the case at Rice University's Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyMagnetism's subatomic roots( Rice University ) Theoretical physicists from Rice University have created a new model that helps define the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator magnets. The model, which is detailed in a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was created to explore the inner workings of ferromagnetic compounds that are ...Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. Co-Sponsors NASA Johnson Space Center Emerging Technology & Partnerships Event at Rice ...Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. is pleased to announce that it is a sponsor for the Innovation & Successful Partnerships Summit being held at Rice University. The goal of the event is to bring Texas Industry and NASA's Johnson Space Center together to provide information on the resources and assets currently available and the potential for developing new and evolving partnerships to meet Industry ...University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'( University of Arizona ) Scientists seek to develop a rice strain that is better capable of withstanding drought and poorer soils and produces higher yields than current forms of domesticated rice.Rice Gallery cutting backAdd the Rice Gallery to the long list of recession casualties piling up this fall. In the midst of the KTRU sale controversy and the reality of budget limitations in various academic departments, the Rice Gallery is experiencing a 27 percent decrease in university funding for the Fiscal Year 2011.Rice at risk of losing identity without students' inputI graduated from Rice University in 1992. I never worked for KTRU, nor was I particularly a fan of the station while a Rice student. However, what I've seen and heard about the decision to sell the KTRU radio broadcast tower - which became a Rice asset during my time there - has been extremely disappointing and not "Rice-like.Melding Wi-Fi with digital TV 'white space'( Rice University ) Rice University researchers have won a $1.8 million federal grant for one of the nation's first, real-world tests of technology that uses dynamic spectrum access -- including dormant broadcast television channels -- to deliver free, high-speed broadband Internet service. The five-year project calls for Rice and Houston nonprofit Technology For All to add "white space ...Turning fog into potable water in arid MoroccoRice University students spend their summer in Morocco engineering volleyball-net-like structures to harness potable water from fog in nearby Atlas Mountains.