Human or seal? Who has the best underwater hearing?
Millions of years ago, all mammals lived on land, but at some point, several species left land and evolved to ...
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An underwater frontier
Occasionally, planet Earth will grab the headlines: Underwater volcanic eruptions send ash into the air, or earthquakes generate massive waves ...
Spider can hide underwater for 30 minutes
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A tropical spider species uses a “film” of air to hide underwater from predators for as long ...
Charging underwater and body-implanted electronic devices using ultrasonic waves
As population ages and with the advancements in medical technology, the number of patients using implanted electronic devices, such as ...
How mussels maintain adhesion underwater
Bathroom accessories mounted on tile walls often fall off if not mounted correctly. This is because the moisture in the ...
Dense bones allowed Spinosaurus to hunt underwater
Spinosaurus is the largest predatory dinosaur known - over two metres longer than the longest Tyrannosaurus rex - but the ...
Computer simulation brings us closer to schools of fishlike underwater research drones
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from ESPCI Paris, Chiba University, and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology have used a 3D ...
Mussels’ underwater glue inspires synthetic cement
Those who have tried to pry a mussel from anything from wood to rock know how stubborn the underwater mollusks ...
From ‘boops’ to ‘unks,’ how scientists are using fish sounds to conserve underwater ecosystems
Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus. Credit: Photo credit: Kieran ...
Underwater noise causes hearing loss in turtles
Underwater noise pollution is causing turtles to experience hearing loss that can last from minutes to days, say researchers who ...
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor changing marine life
Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ...
Researchers use solar cells to achieve fast underwater wireless communication
WASHINGTON — Although solar cells are typically designed to turn light into power, researchers have shown that they can also ...
Underwater ‘breathing’ plants could be key to stress-resistant crops
Wetland plants have a high tolerance against flooding due to the formation of “lysigenous aerenchyma,” air channels that help transfer ...
Robotic exploration of uncharted, underwater glacial walls set for 2023
It’s the front line of climate change and could hold the key to predicting global sea level rise, but what ...
New neutron-based method helps keep underwater pipelines open
Industry and private consumers alike depend on oil and gas pipelines that stretch thousands of kilometers underwater. It is not ...
Here’s why whales don’t drown when they gulp down food underwater
Ever wondered whether whales can burp, and why they don’t drown when they gulp down gallons of water and krill? ...
Researchers develop automated method to identify fish calls underwater
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An Oregon State University research team and collaborators have developed an automated method that can accurately identify ...
More than 100 underwater animal species found living on 2,200-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
Credit: Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR) - Laboratory of Biological Investigation On March 10, 241 BCE, a sea battle ...
Archaeologists discover salt workers’ residences at underwater Maya site
The ancient Maya had stone temples and palaces in the rainforest of Central America, along with dynastic records of royal ...
Synthetic biology yields easy-to-use underwater adhesives
Several marine organisms, such as mussels, secrete adhesive proteins that allow them to stick to different surfaces under sea water. ...