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Jellyfish inspire self-healing electronic skin
Jellyfish inspire self-healing electronic skin with the potential to reduce the millions of tonnes of electronic waste from broken mobile phones and tablets generated each year
Seals to keep watch on remote Antarctic glacier
Two species of seals will help keep watch on a huge glacier in West Antarctica that is at risk of collapse.
Ocean thermal renewable energy technology tested in the Maldives
Bringing a new form of renewable energy to remote diving areas
Swimming fish may improve the design of robots
The constant, seemingly random, movement of fish is actually gives them the best sensory feedback they can get to navigate the world, say Johns...
Looking back at the Deepwater Horizon spill 8 years on
You know an event is big when they cast Mark Wahlberg to star in a film telling the story six years later. That is...
Autonomous shipping is the future for the maritime industry
In terms of transportation, we hear a lot about the future of land-based travel, with self-driving cars a hot topic for discussion. We also...
Marine biologists explore delicate deep-sea life with soft robotics and 3D printing
Marine biologists have been able to investigate and interact with fragile deep-sea organisms using 3D-printed soft robotic manipulators.
During a deep-sea expedition to the Phoenix...
Wireless communication breaks air-water boundary
Today, underwater sensors cannot share data with those on land, as both use different wireless signals that only work in their respective mediums. Radio...
Ocean Clean-Up System Launches for Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ocean Cleanup device heads for great Pacific garbage patch. Propelled by wind and waves, it to passively catches and concentrates plastic debris in front of it.
Fleet of robots maps ocean fronts
The robots will help us to understand and monitor how key issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, unsustainable fishing, pollution, waste, loss of habitats and biodiversity, shipping, security and mining are affecting global ocean sustainability and stewardship.