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The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role: Measuring Performance, Targeting Improvement
Much of the freight transported within the United States, and the vast majority of that moved in international commerce, uses the nation's Marine Transportation System MTS. The system is varied and immense. It consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, hundreds of port complexes, and thousands of terminals located...
Financing and Improving Land Access to U.S. Intermodal Cargo Hubs
This report presents guidance on the most effective strategies for financing improvements to cargo hub and intermodal freight facilities. These strategies focus on existing and emerging funding sources and on developing partnerships between government agencies, cargo hub operators and users, and local communities. After preparing an inventory of cargo hub...
Highway Research and Technology: The Need for Greater Investment
In this paper, the phrase "One needs more research" has added significance in that it represents the principal finding of this initiative. This time, the call comes from a broad representation of the highway community the owners and operators of the highways, numerous highway-related industries, and, yes, researchers. The findings...
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Scientists Explore New Test for Down Syndrome
For women worried about the risks of amniocentesis and other currently available tests for chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome, a new, safer test may be on the horizon, researchers say. Currently, prenatal genetic tests for Down syndrome, including amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, involve insertion of a needle into...
Stanford University Uses Fluidigm Integrated Fluidic Circuits to Help Develop Maternal Blood Test for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
Scientists Find a Noninvasive Prenatal Test for Down Syndrome SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Stanford University has used the unique properties of the company's integrated fluidic circuits IFCs to help develop a noninvasive prenatal test for fetal chromosomal abnormalities using maternal blood. ...
Nosing around; In association with the NHS
SCIENTISTS say they are a step closer to developing a sensor which mimics the workings of the human nose. The US researchers claim to have overcome one of the biggest hurdles - mass production of proteins called olfactory receptors. The average human has 100 million -...
Economic muscle
The male hormone responsible for promoting muscle growth and strength may even influence our economy. In a study from the University of Cambridge UK, researchers monitored the levels of testosterone and cortisol in 17 male workers on a London trading floor over the course of eight days. They reported in...
Team Sniffs Out Process That Could Make 'Artificial Nose'
Smell receptors can now be mass produced in the laboratory, an advance that the biological engineers who developed the process say could lead to the creation of "artificial noses," a new report says. In a paper published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
New research suggests that a missing section of DNA in a certain gene may hold the key to whether a person does or does not develop bipolar disorder. "[Our] findings show that a natural, common mutation in the GRIK4 gene protects against bipolar disorder," said Ben Pickard, lead author of...
To bond or not to bond may depend on common hormone gene variant: vasopressin receptor may contribute to commitment phobia
There's news for women who want a man who bonds rather than a James Bond: Scientists have identified a genetic variation that appears to weaken a man's ability to emotionally attach to one partner. The study, published online September 2 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Promising Results in Phase 1 Gene Therapy Trial for Blinding Disease
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE text PUBLIC "-//The Gale Group//DTD Mercury Version 1.0//EN" "Article.dtd"> <Text rich="yes"> <P> Three young adults with an inherited form of blindness showed evidence of improved day and night vision following a specialized gene transfer procedure in a phase 1 clinical trial...
Grazers align north to south: deer, cattle may sense Earth's magnetic field
Moss covers the north side of trees in a forest. But if you're lost in an open field, look to deer to point you in the right direction. Herds of grazing and resting deer and cattle tend to align themselves, on average, with Earth's magnetic field lines, report...
Eisenberg to Keynote 2009 WFC Congress
Dr. David Eisenberg will be the keynote speaker at the World Federation of Chiropractic's 10th Biennial Congress in Montreal next year. Dr. Eisenberg, director of the Osher Research Center at Harvard Medical School and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is perhaps best known...
Science, Evolution, and Creationism
SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008. 88 pages, bibliography, index. Paperback; $11.60. ISBN: 9780309105866. The original edition of this book was published in 1984 by the National Academy of Sciences, an organization...
No bull: Cattle seem to know which way is north
WASHINGTON -- Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to have a built-in compass. No bull: Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world. Most cattle that were grazing...
I'd never have guessed!
Byline: Denis Kilcommons RESEARCH scientist Dr William Brown, of Brunel University, published his latest work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He wanted to discover what made men and women attractive and, after tests using a 3D optical scanner, came to the conclusion...
Frog die-off a global problem
For years, California developers have been struggling to find ways to not disturb the endangered red-legged frog. Now, research led by two UC Berkeley biologists finds frogs and other amphibians worldwide need help because they are dying at alarming rates. The researchers found that...
Frog die-off a global problem, UC researchers say
For years, California developers have been struggling to find ways to not disturb the endangered red-legged frog. Now, research led by two UC Berkeley biologists finds frogs and other amphibians worldwide need help because they are dying at alarming rates. The researchers found that...
Brain Slow to Judge Fast-Moving Objects Head-On
If you are not experienced at dodging flying or speeding objects, your best bet may be to just get out of the way, a new study says. balls or cars, for example -- coming straight toward them based more on past experience than actual perception, according to findings published in...
DNA Helps Trace History of Human Migration
An analysis of human DNA has provided new information about how ancient people shared knowledge that helped advance civilization, say Stanford University researchers. They found that animal-herding methods arrived in southern Africa about 2,000 years ago on a wave of human migration, rather than by movement of ideas between people....
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