Tools & Technology
A Robot Is Resurrected at Sea
Barely a month after the undersea robot ABE imploded and was lost in the depths, ABE’s “son,” Sentry, suffered fire…
Read MoreAsphalt Volcanoes on the Seafloor
Now in Broadband: Acoustic Imaging of the Ocean
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed two advanced broadband acoustic systems that they believe could represent the…
Read MoreR.I.P. A.B.E
A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot—one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships—was…
Read MorePioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot—one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships—was…
Read MoreA Robot Starts to Make Decisions on its Own
It’s a lot easier to send a bloodhound to track a criminal, or your kid to pick up groceries, than…
Read MoreThe Squid, the Whale, and the Grad Student
On the Serengeti Plains of Africa, lions stalk their prey mainly by sight. Scientists studying them also use their eyes…
Read MoreWHOI Receives $8.1 Million Grant to Construct New Laboratory
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive $8.1 million from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and…
Read MoreCarousel Feeding
Orcas coordinate their movements, and possibly communicate, as they herd schools of herring into tight masses and then slap their…
Read MoreWHOI-Operated ROV Jason Images the Discovery of the Deepest Explosive Eruption on the Sea Floor
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea…
Read MoreJason in Photos
West Mata Eruption 2009 (Clip 2)
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea…
Read MoreWest Mata Eruption 2009 (Clip 1)
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea…
Read MoreClara Smart
Ask Clara Smart about her interests, and be prepared to receive a formidable list of hobbies and academic pursuits: photography,…
Read MoreEleanor Bors
While her Oberlin classmates were accepting their diplomas at their graduation ceremony back in Ohio, Eleanor Bors found herself on…
Read MoreStephanie Chin
Stephanie Chin is most likely the only Summer Student Fellow whose project could one day operate in space—at least in…
Read MoreInteractive Nereus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Will Lead Coastal and Global Observatories Effort
Normal 0 0 1 1146 6533 54 13 8022 11.773 0 0 0 A Cooperative Agreement signed today by the…
Read MoreNereus in the Challenger Deep
Originally published online May 31, 2009
Read MoreNereus at Work
The multi-tasking vehicle will assist with a variety of research needs. By Amy Nevala :: Originally published online June 26,…
Read MoreBuoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions
By Lonny Lippsett :: Originally published online July 22, 2009
Read MoreBuoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions
A lot of lines crisscross, run parallel, and ultimately connect in this story. The first line is a watery one…
Read MoreTurning a Toy into a Scientific Tool
John Bailey spends most sunny weekends on a grassy field behind a movie theater on Cape Cod with a group…
Read MoreThe Airplane That Studied the Ocean
Airplanes don’t typically come to mind when people think of ocean science. But for 25 years, beginning in 1945, Woods…
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