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 Features
Nereus Soars to the Ocean's Deepest Trench
New hybrid deep-sea vehicle descends 6.8 miles in the Challenger Deep
Engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution surmounted a host of technological challenges to create a new type of deep-diving robot—named after a mythical Greek god with a fish tail and a man’s torso. (First in a six-part series on the development of Nereus.)
Read the interviews with the engineers:
Miles Under the Sea, Hanging on by a Hair-Thin Fiber
A conversation with WHOI engineer Andy Bowen
4,000 Batteries Under the Sea
A conversation with WHOI engineer Daniel Gomez-Ibañez
Armed and Dexterous
A conversation with WHOI engineer Matt Heintz
Let There Be Light in the Dark Depths
A conversation with WHOI engineer Jonathan Howland
Floating Without Imploding
A conversation with WHOI engineer Don Peters
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“The biology was unbelievable, with purple corals and vibrant orange spider crabs. It was like a bouquet.”
—Tito Collasius, Engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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 While Oil Gently Seeps from the Seafloor
Oil naturally leaking into the ocean offers a 'laboratory' to study accidential spills—May 14, 2009 |
 Jason Meets the Carnivorous Sea Squirt
Expedition to the Tasman Fracture finds unknown species—April 3, 2009 |
 Supreme Court Weighs in on Whales and Sonar
Research offers best way to balance needs of marine mammals and the Navy—March 27, 2009 |
 A New Deep-Sea Robot Called Sentry
Autonomous underwater vehicle completes its first scientific mission —March 19, 2009 |
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 Creatures of the Celebes Sea
An expedition to an unexplored sea seeks new species—March 13, 2009 |
 Will Climate Change Affect the Greenland Ice Sheet?
Glacial expeditions uncover a trigger that speeds the flow of ice to the sea—March 4, 2009 |
 Getting to the Bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists discover a surprising plumbing system for glaciers —March 4, 2009 |
 As the World Turns and the Oceans Flow
In his lab, Jack Whitehead gets to the essence of complex phenomena —February 20, 2009 |
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Interviews & Quotes |
 Floating Without Imploding
A conversation with WHOI engineer Don Peters—July 1, 2009 |
 Let There Be Light in the Dark Depths
A conversation with WHOI engineer Jonathan Howland—June 15, 2009 |
 Armed and Dexterous
A conversation with WHOI engineer Matt Heintz—June 11, 2009 |
 Miles Under the Sea, Hanging on by Hair-Thin Fiber
A conversation with WHOI engineer Andy Bowen—June 4, 2009 |
 4,000 Batteries Under the Sea
A conversation with WHOI engineer Daniel Gomez-Ibaņez—June 5, 2009 |
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Around WHOI |
 MIT/WHOI Joint Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary
An unorthodox but highly successful marriage between proud institutions—February 6, 2009 |
 Researchers Band Together to Create a Band
An audio slideshow on the music (and science) of the band, Willis—October 27, 2008 |
 Historical Formulas Sealed Behind a Wall
... and other news around the WHOI campus—September 23, 2008 |
 WHOI Scientists Bring Expertise to Capitol Hill
September 23, 2008 |
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Students at Work |
 Hurricane Hunter
Graduate student uncovers long-buried record of past storms —February 13, 2009 |
 What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?
A graduate student explores the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio—December 23, 2008 |
 The Turtle and the Robot
An old sea turtle teaches a young engineer about swimming—December 19, 2008 |
 Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes —December 12, 2008 |
