Most active cellular functions involve motion. These may be subtle subcellular actions, such as the sorting and targeting of vesicles and organelles leading to the release of neurotransmitters, hormones, or other molecules, or more pronounced motions of the chromosomes and cytoskeleton as the cell divides.
Most active cellular functions involve motion. These may be subtle subcellular actions, such as the sorting and targeting of vesicles and organelles l...
Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York...
Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation...
