Shoals tells whale tale with beached minke
(Phys.org) —When a 25-foot, 10,000-pound minke whale washed up dead on Kap and Christina Mona's property in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, June 30, the couple found themselves with a whale of a problem: how to...
View ArticleNavy turns to UAVs for help with radar, communications
Scientists recently launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a research vessel in a significant experiment that could help boost the Navy's radar and communications performance at sea.
View ArticleNo significant changes in the status of the Gulf of Finland's coastal waters...
The oxygen situation on deep-sea floors, in open seas in the Gulf of Finland, has deteriorated compared to last year. Results obtained during an expedition by the research vessel Aranda in early summer...
View ArticleNew vessel will contribute to marine knowledge
The University of Gothenburg is investing in a new research vessel that will further improve the capacity for education and research.
View ArticleOnline science expedition brings deep sea vents to the computer screen
Scientists and engineers using advanced technology and a unique robotic vehicle to study the deep sea will also be using their computers to interact with students, teachers, and the public about the...
View ArticleAfter 1.3M miles, end of an era for research ship
A ship that sailed more than 1.3 million miles in the name of science is back at port in Massachusetts for the last time.
View ArticleResearchers identify mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness
An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical...
View ArticleNew subseafloor observatory begins measurement of frictional heating by the...
On July 16, 2012, Chikyu, operations in the second part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST), achieved another objective by installing temperature...
View ArticleEuropean fish stocks to be counted
Counting every single fish in the European seas may sound as likely as finding a mermaid, but it seems the world of technology has no boundaries.
View ArticleJapan study implications for under-sea zones around New Zealand
A new study about the 2011 Japan tsunami in the internationally respected journal Science has implications for New Zealand, says a University of Otago scientist who contributed to the study, Dr...
View ArticlePhoto-immunotherapy boosts nanoparticle delivery to tumors
(Phys.org)—One of the main reasons that nanoparticles can boost the effectiveness of an anticancer drug while decreasing its toxicity is that they are able to accumulate at cancerous sites in the body...
View ArticleNano-capsules designed for diagnosing malignant tumours
Japanese researchers have developed adaptable nano-capsules that can help in the diagnosis of glioblastoma cells – a highly invasive form of brain tumour.
View ArticleONR delivers new research vessel to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Since the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy has provided state-of-the-art research ships to select universities and oceanographic institutions to facilitate mutually beneficial scientific studies of...
View ArticleResearchers confirm original blood vessels in 80 million-year-old fossil
Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that blood vessel-like structures found in an 80 million-year-old hadrosaur fossil are original to the animal, and not biofilm or other...
View ArticleFanciful 'Boaty McBoatface' passed over for vessel name
Boaty McBoatface had captured the public's fancy but British officials said Friday the country's newest polar research vessel will be christened Sir David Attenborough, in honor of the prominent...
View ArticleNOAA's biggest ship comes home after longest voyage
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's largest oceanographic research vessel has returned to its homeport after the longest deployment of any ship in the agency's history.
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