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Ns, formerly the suggested symbol for the name nielsbohrium, which was applied variously to two elements, now called bohrium and dubnium.

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NS passenger division improves performance: NS Reizigers, the passenger division of Netherlands Railways (NS), which is the monopoly operator on the core network, has turned a corner. But it has been a long haul to improve reliability, arrest passenger decline, and return to profitability.(Netherlands) (International Railway Journal)

NS must address its declining performance: Netherlands Railways (NS) is in crisis and must improve its act if it is to secure a long-term exclusive operating contract from the government. (Netherlands). (International Railway Journal)

Canada's NS brings Shirlon under its roof.(Shirlon Plastics Co. Inc.)(NS Technologies Group Inc.) (Plastics News)

On the Role of H-NS in the Organization of Bacterial Chromatin: From Bulk to Single Molecules and Back... (Biophysical Journal)

Increased bending rigidity of single DNA molecules by H-NS, a temperature and osmolarity sensor (Biophysical Journal)

Selective silencing of foreign DNA with low GC content by the H-NS protein in Salmonella.(REPORTS) (Science)

NS rewrites the book on timetabling: Netherlands Railways has launched its most ambitious new timetable for 36 years with the slogan "More, easy and reliable." Keith Barrow looks at how NS is using the new schedule to tackle capacity and reliability issues on one of Europe's busiest railways.(Netherlands) (International Railway Journal)

"Cars, not cash" is NS goal in branch line program. (Norfolk Southern) (Lines on Labor) (column) (Railway Age)

Innovators produce results for NS. (Norfolk Southern. Innovative Technology Group) (Railway Age)

Evolution of human influenza A viruses over 50 years: rapid, uniform rate of change in NS gene. (Science)

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