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New method quickly assesses underwater landslide risk for offshore turbines
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New method quickly assesses underwater landslide risk for offshore turbines

Illustration of dynamic forces acting on monopile and tower, and soil-structure interaction. Credit: Ocean Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.120464 Heriot-Watt researchers have developed an...

China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables
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China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables—and it...

Tuna-inspired mechanical fin could boost underwater drone power
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Tuna-inspired mechanical fin could boost underwater drone power

A prototype of soft-robotic fin built by a UMD researcher’s team can change its stiffness distribution as the underwater drone swims, improving its...

An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved
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An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved

Armada 7805, similar to the 7806 vessel that will support the new MH370 search. Credit: Ocean Infinity More than 11 years after the...

Causing Waves: The war to protect underwater cables | Digital Series
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Causing Waves: The war to protect underwater cables | Digital Series

Over one million kilometers of undersea cables support more than 95 percent of the world’s internet traffic. While cables are often cut unintentionally...

Microsoft gave up on underwater data centers, China is racing ahead instead and up to 40,000 servers could be sunk within years
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Microsoft gave up on underwater data centers, China is racing ahead instead and up to 40,000 servers could be sunk within years

Hainan’s underwater computing cluster matches the power of 30,000 gaming PCs operating simultaneously Seawater-cooled AI centers reduce energy costs and enhance security Microsoft...

Underwater exploration boosted with image enhancer
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Underwater exploration boosted with image enhancer

(Left) Natural light entering the water is scattered multiple times, forming the backscattering for the underwater scene. (Right) Different wavelengths of light are...

A new energy system for autonomous underwater vehicles
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A new energy system for autonomous underwater vehicles

Panel (a) shows the conceptual picture of the power supply system. Panel (b) shows the definition of the idealized setting of an air-flow...

Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why? | Russia-Ukraine war News
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Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were severed on Sunday and Monday, raising suspicions over a Chinese cargo vessel, which the...