Almost £10 billion needs to be spent on local roads as councils struggle to complete a huge backlog of pothole repairs, according to research.
The National Science Foundation estimates a maintenance backlog of $3.9 billion in biological science research space.
In other words, there is a backlog of outstanding, ready-to-go research projects.
As a result, a significant backlog of uncurated articles exists for many research organisms, including some with a well-established community database.
But while its new faces and sounds are receiving their deserved kudos, one guy has been mining and researching the heady backlog of lost instrumentals, radio sets, freestyles and everything else: from a second version of So Solid's Dilemma to a "slew" of grime's current boss don Skepta by former SLK MC Van Damage (who I'm told now runs a strip club).
"This is a critical area of research for which additional funding from Congress is essential". Many state and local labs have a backlog of samples to be tested for Zika.
And Yellowstone National Park officials said visitor centers would reopen there by Sunday afternoon, with the majority of staff returning Monday to begin working on a backlog of permit requests, including from those seeking to do research in the park.
The implementation of antiretroviral drug resistance testing as part of a research study provided an opportunity to address the backlog of treatment failure cases and provide focused training to staff on the detection and management of treatment failure, whilst simultaneously facilitating drug resistance surveillance and research.
A frequent theme to emerge from the research, carried out using Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, was the "backlog" of repairs that councils said was necessary as well the general state of roads.
In addition to the backlog of veterans' claims, I fear that the department will be overwhelmed by the need for research and counseling on post-traumatic stress disorder.
