News tagged with electrical barrier

Could a computer one day rewire itself? New nanomaterial ‘steers’ current in multiple dimensions

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can "steer" electrical currents. The development could lead to a computer that can simply reconfigure its internal wiring and become an entirely ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Fence goes up to keep Asian carp out of Chicago canal

The latest weapon in the fight against Asian carp doesn't look much like a weapon at all: It's a 13-mile concrete and steel mesh fence that splits the narrow divide between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

McMaster researchers discover a new way HIV infects women

Women are susceptible to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but scientists have been puzzled as to how it finds its way into the female reproductive tract.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

6-week search finds no Asian carp near Chicago

(AP) -- An initial six-week mission to catch and kill Asian carp lurking on the Great Lakes' doorstep turned up none of the despised fish, suggesting few if any have eluded an electric barrier designed to ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp

(AP) -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion fishery.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

No Asian carp found yet in Ill. fish kill

(AP) -- No Asian carp have been spotted so far in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish out of the Great Lakes.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes

(AP) -- Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Illinois to poison canal in hopes of killing invasive carp

The largest fish kill in Illinois history -- expected to net 100 tons of fish including, hopefully, some Asian carp -- is to start Wednesday south of Chicago in an attempt to make sure none of the feared carp make it past ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asian carp may have breached barrier protecting Lake Michigan

Two feared species of Asian carp have zoomed beyond the $9 million electric barriers built to keep them out of Lake Michigan. Now, the only thing left between the carp and the Great Lakes is a lock and dam in southern Chicago.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0