Participants usually form into teams and compete for prizes, which could be money, gadgets or just recognition from their peers.
The crisp fall air is full of anticipation as riders form into teams of two or three or four.
On 11 August, ARPA-E gave advanced warning of the new funding stream, called Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), so that researchers would have time to form into teams to bid for funding.
But the new janitors, formed into "fast teams," rove through the courthouses with mops and buffers, attacking long-ignored corners and years of wax buildup that would have made Mr. Clean cringe.
Unaware that the shooters had fled, they quickly formed into a team of four and entered the building to track the suspects down.
They were formed into three interviewer teams, each comprising 4 interviewers and 1 supervisor.
After a second train passed at 1 24, they gathered back between the tracks, yanked out the remaining spikes and formed into two eight-man teams, one team for each end of a rail.
At one point, control room operators formed themselves into teams of two, to dash into high-dose areas to try to open a crucial vent.
"Yeah there was one day where they formed …us into teams that had medical students and pharmacy students, maybe pharmacy students…physio [physiotherapy] and OT [occupational therapy] and social work students, and nursing students, in each team.
Academics form into course teams to write a new course and work with other employees such as editors to ensure that the words are delivered in a user-friendly format.
