Corps develops electric fish barrier for Chicago canal

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have devised a way of maintaining canal traffic while preventing the aggressive carp species from Asia that are migrating toward the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. A company that specializes in fish guidance systems, Corps and Smith-Root, Inc., of Vancouver designed a first-of-its-kind electrical barrier that would repel fish while enabling barges and other traffic to freely ply the waters.

National Security, Illinois, Army Corps of Engineers, Technology application, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, Fish detection

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United Kingdom unveils mobile, modular Antarctic station

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Engineers with Faber Maunsell of St. Albans, United Kingdom, released a new Antarctic station design that comprises of small, easy transportation modules or pods. The design will help protect the British Antarctic Survey's base Halley V station located in the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica since fifty years.

Radio broadcasting stations, Radio Stations, Wireless communications, Wireless communication systems, Mobile communication systems, Wireless technology

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Light-rail tunnel to pass beneath Thames

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Construction of a twin bore tunnel beneath Thames to facilitate transport infrastructure is discussed. The project commissioned by Dockland's Light Railway, a division of transport for London, will be completed by 2012.

Transportation, Transportation Services, Support Activities for Transportation, LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT, Transportation industry, Thames River, Underwater tunnels

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