The oceans hold more than four billion tons of uranium—enough to meet global energy needs for the next 10,000 years if only we could capture the element from seawater to fuel nuclear power p... Read more
Miniature, pilotless aircraft are on the verge of becoming commonplace THE scale and scope of the revolution in the use of small, civilian drones has caught many by surprise. In 2010 America... Read more
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously For the last decade, scientists have deployed increasingly capable underwater robots to map and monitor pockets of... Read more
Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives. Imagine that you could tell your phone that you want to drive from your house in Boston to a hotel in upst... Read more
Thanks largely to Hollywood blockbuster franchises, humanity seems to be in the grips of a global obsession with exosuits. The fixation is informing the designs of future military tech and m... Read more
Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers. To begin to identify wher... Read more
The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published today, 10 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environ... Read more
A new robotic sensor deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Gulf of Maine coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal blooms (HABs) are monitored and... Read more
In addition to the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER itself, Cameron is kicking in nearly $1 million to help WHOI scientists and engineers make the sub’s technology more widely available for deep-sea... Read more
Researchers from the University of Bonn found out that tiny foraminifera in the oceans can save islands The climate is getting warmer, and sea levels are rising – a threat to island nations.... Read more
Two robots equipped with instruments designed to “listen” for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots repo... Read more
