Bus in Biological News

Flexible solar strips light up campus bus shelter

There won't be anymore waiting in the dark at this campus bus shelter. New flexible solar cell technology developed by a group of engineering researchers at McMaster University has been installed to power lighting for night-time transit users. The researchers are also hoping that the prototy...

Defectors take the car, cooperators go by bus

National economies are driven by the automobile, even during an economic downturn. Every day, hundreds of millions of people take their cars to visit remote places, to commute, and to reach the supermarket. The total outlay for building roads amounts to trillions of dollars and millions of work...

Slotted buses keep passengers cool

...improve airflow and keep passengers cool while the bus moves. However, the cooling effect of open side wi...ning system. The turbulent flow into a standard bus does not allow air into all areas. Passengers sitt... found that a wide vent at the front and rear of a bus will draw air into the...

World's biggest snake gives climate clues

... and environment that housed the monstrous reptile 60 million years ago. "This colossal, boa constrictor-like creature stretched longer than a city bus and weighed more than a car. It's the biggest snake the world has ever known," says University of Toronto Mississauga paleontologist Jason Head, part ...

Track your fitness, environmental impact with new cell phone applications

...l phone tower signals to determine if someone is riding in a vehicle. A quick survey pops up at the end of the trip and the user chooses car, carpool, bus or train. Eventually, the application could be programmed to glean almost all this information just from the accelerometer, Landay said, because the m...

Resilience in an aging society: GSA showcases cutting-edge meeting topics

...bosses' initiatives, while policy makers, advocates, and volunteers will share their visions for continued community contributions by older Americans. bus transportation to this breakfast briefing is available for those staying in National Harbor. Institute of Medicine Report: The Future Health Care ...

The 'satellite navigation' in our brains

...ity College London). The study showed that a region of the hippocampus was enlarged in London taxi drivers compared to the general population. Even bus drivers do not have the same enlarged area, and general skill at navigating is not related to hippocampus size, suggesting that the difference is link...

Scientists uncover Ebola cell-invasion strategy

... of its bubble, and track its progress. "Up to that point, it's really a bus ride for these viruses, and PI3 kinase is the bus driver," Davey said. "Whether you're talking about Ebola or Ebola virus-lik...

Genes affecting blood pressure change as children become adults

...the four-year period, says Dr. Snieder. Non-shared influences could mean one twin starts riding a bike to school while the other continues taking a bus or even that they start going to different schools.Environmental factors are wide-ranging ?including diet, physical activity, socioeconomic issues and...

Plankton can run, but can't hide from basking sharks

...r- or underestimating basking shark abundance by at least 10-fold. Up to 10 metres long and weighing up to 7 tons - about the size of double-decker bus - the basking shark is the world's second largest fish and feeds by filtering plankton from sea water through its enormous mouth. It is able to filter...

Study shows how retinoic acid enters a cell's nucleus

..., tumor growth may be inhibited using naturally occurring levels of RA, as opposed to the toxic doses currently administered. "If you can provide a bus to get retinoic acid into the nucleus more efficiently, then you enhance its ability to act as an anti-carcinogen," says Noy. "It's a rapid transport ...

AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV

...promote the importance of people with HIV taking precautions to prevent transmitting the virus to others. This prevention campaign includes the use of bus and subway advertisements in New York City and Buffalo. New York State has some of the strongest confidentiality protections in place for HIV in th...

Great White shark evolution debate involves WSU Lake Campus geology professor

...ved from the megladon line, which existed from two million to twenty million years ago. They were huge sharks, approximately the length of a Greyhound bus and possessing teeth that were up to six inches long," explains Ciampaglio. "However, our research, which is based on analyzing fossils of several hun...