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TfL buses are “guided” by the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and its target that 80 per cent of all journeys will be made on foot, by bike or public transport by 2041. There is currently a bus fleet of around 9,300 buses which follow across 675 different routes. The latest timetable changes are in place to help “match demand, deliver value for money and allow TfL to invest in outer London”. The following timetable changes will take place from Saturday (December 23): Saturday 23 December – Normal Saturday timetable on both day and night bus routes Christmas Eve, Sunday 24 December…

Tiny things matter — for instance, one amino acid can completely alter the architecture of the cell. Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen and Warwick investigated the structure and mechanics of the main component of the cytoskeleton of the cell: a protein known as actin. Actin is found in all living cells where it has a range of important functions — from muscle contraction to cell signalling and cell shape. This protein comes in two different varieties termed “isoforms,” which are known as gamma actin and beta actin. The difference between the two proteins is miniscule, only a few amino…

Location : The M20 westbound between junctions J4 and J2 . Lane Closures : Lanes 2, 3 and 4 are closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 04:30 and 04:45 on 1 January 2024. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 04:30 and 04:45 on 1 January 2024. Lanes Closed : There are three of four lanes closed. Source link

We previously reported that the Rangers squad was given a noisy send-off by fans gathered at Ibrox as they made their way to Parkhead. The team faced city rivals in a tense showdown on December 30 which ended in Celtic winning 2-1, with goals from Paulo Bernardo, Kyogo Furuhashi and James Tavernier.  As the team prepared to travel to the East End, fans could be seen at Ibrox holding flares while fireworks could be heard from videos shared on social media. Police Scotland has since revealed that they are carrying out enquiries into reports of people with pyrotechnics at Ibrox. A spokesperson…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover isn’t on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on Nov. 8, the 4,002nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover captured its own shadow shifting across the surface of Mars using its black-and-white Hazard-Avoidance Cameras, or Hazcams. Instructions to record the videos were part of the last set of commands beamed up to Curiosity just before the start of Mars’ solar conjunction, a period when the sun is between Earth and Mars. Because plasma from the sun can interfere…

Location : The A46 northbound between the junctions with the A1 and the A1133 . Lane Closures : Lane one is closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 03:15 and 03:30 on 1 January 2024. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 03:15 and 03:30 on 1 January 2024. Lanes Closed : There is one of two lanes closed. Source link

In Finland, there is a clear increase in the number of sick days taken due to depression, anxiety and sleep disorders in October and November, whereas the number of absences is lower than expected between June and September. In late autumn, the number of sick days taken is almost twice as high as in the summer and about a quarter higher than in early autumn. On the other hand, manic episodes related to bipolar disorder occur more frequently than expected during the spring and summer, when there are more daylight hours, and less frequently than expected during darker times of…

Location : The M1 northbound exit slip at junction J46 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 01:15 and 01:30 on 1 January 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

The procedure of electrified NOx storage–reduction. Credit: NIMTE Prof. Zhang Jian’s group from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperating with Prof. Zhang Zhaoliang’s group from University of Jinan, has developed a novel electrification strategy to improve NOx pollutant removal performance at low temperatures. The study was published in Environmental Science & Technology.NOx storage reduction (NSR) is a promising approach to control NOx emissions from diesel vehicles, thus to address the growing global energy crisis and climate change. However, due to the improvement of engine technologies and frequent idling in traffic, the…

Location : The M11 northbound exit slip at junction J7 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 00:00 and 00:15 on 1 January 2024. Source link