Craig Hunter

2 weeks ago | railwayage.com | Will Sharp |Craig Hunter

How a once-in-a-generation Interstate reconstruction provided an opportunity to improve the railway network. The $1.4 billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements Program—the largest highway project in the state of Iowa when it began—celebrated its ribbon cutting last year, capping a process that began about 20 years earlier. Many strategies contributed to its success, including a complex railroad coordination and relocation project.

Mar 26, 2025 | elifesciences.org | Daniel Patrick Gainey |Andrey V Shubin |Craig Hunter |Fangluo Chen

Sodium azide is historically used to preserve transient worm choices in arena chemotaxis assays. In the food choice assay, the effect of the sodium azide can paralyze worms before they enter the bacteria lawn, possibly interfering with their choice. Azide also affects bacteria, potentially affecting the production of molecules that attract or repel worms and thus altering worm choice independent of the paralytic effect on worms.

Jan 2, 2024 | cell.com | Matthew McBride |Craig Hunter |Zhaoyue Zhang |Tara TeSlaa

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