About Author: Amy McCaig

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Amy is a senior media relations specialist in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.

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Rice highlights rise of digital and robotic humanitarianism
28 September 2016 11:20 AM | No Comments
  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/28/decoys-quietly-contribute-to-genetic-networks-2/' addthis:title='Decoys quietly contribute to genetic networks ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>DNA decoys do more than simply keep proteins out of circulation, according to Rice scientists.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/28/decoys-quietly-contribute-to-genetic-networks-2/' addthis:title='Decoys quietly contribute to genetic networks ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
    Decoys quietly contribute to genetic networks
    28 September 2016 6:00 AM | No Comments
  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/27/more-than-1-5-million-students-have-used-openstaxs-free-textbooks-2/' addthis:title='More than 1.5 million students have used OpenStax’s free textbooks ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>More than 1.5 million college students have used a free textbook from OpenStax, the Rice University-publisher announced today. The number of students using OpenStax textbooks has more than doubled since January, and OpenStax estimates it will save students $70 million in the 2016-17 academic year. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/27/more-than-1-5-million-students-have-used-openstaxs-free-textbooks-2/' addthis:title='More than 1.5 million students have used OpenStax’s free textbooks ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
    More than 1.5 million students have used OpenStax’s free textbooks
    27 September 2016 8:00 AM | No Comments
  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/26/rice-biophysicists-model-genome-mechanics-2/' addthis:title='Rice biophysicists model genome mechanics ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Scientists at Rice University who are working to discover how the human genome folds have developed a theoretical model to explain one part of the process, the folding of interphase chromosomes. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2016/09/26/rice-biophysicists-model-genome-mechanics-2/' addthis:title='Rice biophysicists model genome mechanics ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
    Rice biophysicists model genome mechanics
    26 September 2016 2:00 PM | No Comments
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