Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

"Anyone that doesn't want to do deep-sea mining is implicitly saying we need to do more land-based mining." Jovana Jovanova ...

A team of researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology has systematically reviewed the key scientific ...

Researchers have created an artificial gill that extracts oxygen from seawater to fuel cells, enabling robotic sea gliders or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to operate on long missions.

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

but these deep-sea hydrothermal vents are teeming with life, including species yet to be discovered. In December 2016, researchers operating a remote-controlled underwater robot were exploring the ...