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Turtle Skulls Prove to be Shock-Resistant
Could sea turtles help us design better helmets and body armor for soldiers?
CT scans and blast experiments reveal that turtle shells and skulls can withstand powerful shock waves and protect internal organs from damage.
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| Quote of the Week |
“When we look around and see the astounding capabilities of animals in
nature, we see that they have really incredible abilities
that we can’t even approach with man-made underwater vehicles.”
—MIT WHOI Joint Program graduate Stephen Licht
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 Ocean Conveyor's 'Pump' Switches Back On
How will climate warming affect ocean circulation? The answer isn't so simple.—January 9, 2009 |
 Are Sea Squirts Crowding Out Scallops?
Invasive species is found on key shellfish habitat: eelgrass—October 3, 2008 |
 'Green' Energy Powers Undersea Glider
Thermal glider uses heat from the ocean to fly through the deep blue—September 25, 2008 |
 Sea Life Is Accumulating Pathogens
A wide range of marine animals also contains microbes that are resistant to antibiotics—August 21, 2008 |
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 Building the Next-Generation Alvin Submersible
Plan offers a roadmap to extend sub's diving capacity to reach 99 percent of the seafloor —November 10, 2008 |
 The Ultimate Fluid Environment for Scientists
An audio slideshow celebrating the 50th year of the Geophysical Dynamics Program at WHOI —October 7, 2008 |
 Invasion of the 'Alien Vomit'?
A video on a potentially growing threat: sea squirts—October 6, 2008 |
 Earthshaking Events
New research on land and sea reinvigorates hopes of forecasting where earthquakes are likely to occur—June 30, 2004 |
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Interviews & Quotes |
 A Deep-sea Chemical-Sniffing Bloodhound
WHOI engineer develops a small, tough mass spectrometer to work in the ocean —December 30, 2008 |
 She's Got the Whole Fleet in Her Hands
A conversation with WHOI ship scheduler Liz Caporelli—June 4, 2008 |
 A Warm Eddy Swirling in the Cold Labrador Sea
A conversation with WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower—September 24, 2007 |
 Of Sons and Ships and Science Cruises
A conversation with Capt. A.D. Colburn of the research vessel Atlantis—May 31, 2007 |
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Around WHOI |
 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 |
 Ocean Observatories Initiative Poised to Launch
WHOI wins grant to lead national effort—April 15, 2008 |
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Students at Work |
 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 |
 A Tale of Two Oceans, and the Monsoons
Tiny seafloor shells could reveal big clues to the forces that generate monsoons—December 5, 2008 |
 A Most Ingenious Paradoxical Plankton
How do similar organisms co-exist in the same ecological niche?—November 25, 2008 |
