News tagged with transportation infrastructures

Is California preparing for climate change? Results from new climate adaptation survey

A majority of California's coastal planners and resource managers now view the threats from climate change as sufficiently likely that practical steps on the ground need to be taken to protect against growing threats, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 17

Mini cargo transporters on a rat run: New insight on molecular motor movement

Kinesins assume a vital function in our cells: The tiny cargo transporters move important substances along lengthy protein fibers and ensure an effective transportation infrastructure. Biophysicists of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The rail and road network in Spain does not follow economic criteria, but central

A researcher at the University of Barcelona has examined the construction of surface transportation infrastructure in Spain from 1720 to 2010. The economist and author of the study, Germà Bel explains ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia may lose 30% of permafrost by 2050

Russia's vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middle of the century due to global warming, endangering infrastructure in the Arctic zone, an emergencies ministry official said Friday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 7

Urban rail reduces carbon monoxide air pollution

The opening of a major urban rail system in Taiwan caused a meaningful reduction in air pollution, according to a forthcoming study by two professors at the University of California, Merced.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool to help response to threat of asteroid collision

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new software system has been developed that could support decisions on how to respond to potential Near Earth Object (NEO) impacts on Earth.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Strategies for improved collection of national travel data

Good travel data are essential to measure and monitor the performance of the U.S. transportation system and to help guide policy choices and investments in transportation infrastructure, says a new report from the National ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electric vehicle capabilities way ahead of policy, infrastructure needs

The technologies needed to begin seriously weaning the U.S. transportation system away from petroleum and toward alternatives such as hybrid and pure electric vehicles have made great progress, but harnessing ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Traffic technology for a cooperative commute?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could chatty cars spearhead a peaceful revolution and traffic communications act as force to unite commuters instead of a curse to enrage them? Thanks to new 'intelligent traffic' technology ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0