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(AP) -- Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters of the Mediterranean that was part of the palace complex of the fabled Cleopatra before it became submerged for centuries in the harbor of Alexandria. http://www.physorg.com/news180291107.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:40:06 EST news180291107 A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable. http://www.physorg.com/news177394319.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:40:01 EST news177394319 Scientists from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have been using Pavilion Lake as a testing ground for the future human exploration of other worlds. http://www.physorg.com/news177269052.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:40:03 EST news177269052 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study of the genetic structure of viruses in an Antarctic lake has revealed an astonishing genetic richness in the large number of viral families discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news177147268.html Biology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:40:01 EST news177147268 The United Kingdom's deepest diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Autosub6000, has been put through its paces during an extremely successful engineering trials cruise on the RRS Discovery, 27 September to 17 October 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175946144.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:10:01 EST news175946144 "There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel," says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following encompassing geoarchaeological research at the port of Caesarea. "Tsunami events in the Mediterranean do occur less frequently than in the Pacific Ocean, but our findings reveal a moderate rate of recurrence," she says. http://www.physorg.com/news175775946.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:06 EST news175775946 The world's oldest known submerged town has been revealed through the discovery of late Neolithic pottery. The finds were made during an archaeological survey of Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece. http://www.physorg.com/news175338826.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:14:52 EST news175338826 Archaeologists surveying the world's oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 years ago -- at least 1,200 years earlier than originally thought. http://www.physorg.com/news174906146.html Other Sciences Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:03:06 EST news174906146 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, including those from the Natural History Museum, have developed the world's first underwater observatory connected to the internet. http://www.physorg.com/news173034167.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:30:02 EST news173034167 (AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two months ships from the countries have ventured north in icy areas of the Arctic where almost no surface ships have been, in an effort to find out how far the continental shelf extends. http://www.physorg.com/news171824277.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:10:02 EST news171824277 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater vehicle has accomplished on a single mission. http://www.physorg.com/news171813908.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:05:46 EST news171813908 (AP) -- Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished. http://www.physorg.com/news171350922.html Electronics Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:00:01 EST news171350922 Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new acoustic source has the potential to expand and improve both Naval and commercial underwater acoustic applications, including undersea communications, navigation, and acoustic imaging. http://www.physorg.com/news171284762.html Physics Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:08:41 EST news171284762 In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along Florida's Gulf Coast this summer, Andy Hemmings stood on an inundated river's edge where man hasn't set foot in more than 13,000 years. http://www.physorg.com/news170947571.html Other Sciences Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:40:03 EST news170947571 Japan plans to deploy unmanned probes to scour the sea-floor around the resource-poor island nation for mineral deposits, a government-backed scientific organisation said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news168778082.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:20:02 EST news168778082 (AP) -- Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news167720761.html Other Sciences Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:06:43 EST news167720761 Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface. The achievement was recently reported in the June issue of Oceanography. http://www.physorg.com/news166807443.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:50:11 EST news166807443 Twelve European companies launched a 400-billion-euro (560-billion-dollar) initiative on Monday to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news166715377.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:10:16 EST news166715377 Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research to date has focused on dry land excavations. But, last summer's pivotal underwater exploration in the Gulf of Mexico led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist Dr. James Adovasio yielded evidence of inundated terrestrial sites that may well have supported human occupation more than 12,000 years ago, and paved the way for another expedition this July. http://www.physorg.com/news166360308.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:12:39 EST news166360308 Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater mask. http://www.physorg.com/news165775869.html Electronics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:03 EST news165775869 (AP) -- Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic Circle and most of it is in Russian territory, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.physorg.com/news162812345.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 May 2009 10:47:22 EST news162812345 A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news162797255.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 May 2009 06:28:27 EST news162797255 UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop in Rome, Italy, on May 25, computer scientists from the Jacobs School of Engineering presented a paper highlighting the energy conservation benefits of using reconfigurable hardware rather than competing hardware platforms for their experimental underwater sensor nets. http://www.physorg.com/news162640918.html Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 11:02:52 EST news162640918 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are investigating whether or not noise generated by the oil and gas industry might affect the day-to-day behaviour of sperm whales. http://www.physorg.com/news160934516.html Biology Thu, 07 May 2009 17:02:55 EST news160934516 (PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania. http://www.physorg.com/news160834772.html Space & Earth Wed, 06 May 2009 13:20:37 EST news160834772 (PhysOrg.com) -- Maintenance of offshore drilling rigs or underwater cables, taking samples of sediment - underwater robots perform a variety of deep-sea tasks. Research scientists now aim to equip robots with tactile capability so that they can orientate themselves better under the sea. http://www.physorg.com/news160670991.html Technology Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:58 EST news160670991 Scientists studying submerged sinkholes in the Great Lakes off the coast of northern Michigan have stumbled onto something they never expected to find: life forms akin to those found in some of Earth's most extreme environments. http://www.physorg.com/news160645491.html Biology Mon, 04 May 2009 08:53:33 EST news160645491 The University of Washington has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips hundreds of miles in length under the ice at Davis Strait. http://www.physorg.com/news160143664.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:21:43 EST news160143664 In a time of increasing irregular warfare threats, the Navy has devised and successfully demonstrated a revolutionary technology to help reduce the risk of naval mine strikes to U.S. Navy ships. http://www.physorg.com/news159370781.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:40:20 EST news159370781 (PhysOrg.com) -- Milica Stojanovic says the best way to think about the need for better underwater communications is to consider the Titanic. http://www.physorg.com/news157915862.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:31:37 EST news157915862