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Underwater sensing with light and sound
Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit real-time data could transform our understanding of marine ecology and improve pollution and disaster management. A research...
Electric eel inspires new power source
Could the electric eel inspire a self-charging power source for implantable devices such as heart pacemakers, sensors, drug delivery pumps, or prosthetics?
The ongoing...
Seal whiskers inspire vortex sensor
Seals use their whiskers to sense food by tracking the vortices left by potential prey, for example by fish swimming.
The authors of a...
Sea urchins help scientists develop super-strong cement
A pillar made of this cement could be built 8000 metres high - and all because of the sea urchin blueprint.
Simple system to locate marine mammals
Researchers have developed an underwater acoustic system locate marine mammals, underwater vehicles and other sound sources in the ocean, using no more than a...
Marine sensors funding to help probe mysteries of the deep
Researchers at the University of Southampton have received funding to develop sensors capable of working in extreme ocean conditions.
The sensors that will result...
New low-cost device recovers underwater sensor-system moorings
Oceanographic research projects often deploy underwater sensor systems in the sea. These are retrieved from deep water by remotely releasing them from their moorings....
Sailing drones are collecting data from the Arctic to the tropics
Over the next four months, NOAA scientists will launch unmanned ocean vehicles, called Saildrones, from the Arctic to the tropical Pacific Ocean to help...
Weird and wonderful animals discovered in the deep sea
Okeanos Explorer completes latest expedition with fabulous photos and videos of extraordinary deep sea creatures.
“Fish scale” coat will warn of structural damage
Brilliant iridescent fish scales change colour depending on the angle from which you look at them. The very word is from the greek word...