Science

First CATALYST Program Expedition Will Map Vulnerable Deep Coral Reefs
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has partnered with the Waitt Institute for Discovery to make deep-sea exploration technology and a world-class operations group broadly available for the oceanographic community.

A graduate student explores the microbial mysteries of quorum sensing.

Graduate student explores biomagnification of chemicals up the food chain.

Grad student examines otoliths (fish ear bones) to protect critical areas for juvenile coral reef fish.

The deep diving submersible Alvin helped to turn a sunless, freezing marine world into a new frontier. More than 4,000 dives to the seafloor have allowed scientists to discover undersea volcanoes and hundreds of previously unknown organisms.  (Requires Adobe Flash Player)

The exploding star that Tycho Brahe saw in 1572 was a gluttonous white dwarf, ghostly light from the centuries-old event reveals

The breakthrough promises to put today's gigahertz processors in the shade – if practical hurdles can be overcome

For the first time, a gene is being linked to increased susceptibility to the placebo effect – the mysterious capacity some people have to benefit from sham treatments

Do our brains respond to hidden messages in pheromones after all? investigates

A new reconstruction of two 2007 earthquakes off Sumatra shows that there is still plenty of pent-up energy waiting to be released

Wide-angle mirrors without potentially dangerous distortion are possible, says a new patent application

NBC "Today Show" host Anne Curry joins WHOI researcher Jeff Seewald and Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott for a National Science Foundation-funded dive to study microbes in the Guaymas Basin.

Climate change is exacerbating damage from acid rain and other forms of environmental degradation – such effects could have greater impact than global warming itself

Climate change is exacerbating acid rain and other forms of environmental degradation, and could have greater impact than global warming itself, say researchers

See images of stars forming, both in our Milky Way Galaxy and in extreme environments in other distant galaxies

See images of stars forming, both in our Milky Way Galaxy and in extreme environments in other distant galaxies

Free web access could bring the benefits of the internet to groups currently left behind by the broadband age – but is the plan about to be scuppered?

Feeling glum? New software could predict whether your feelings will descend into full-blown depression within the next year – : take the test

People with psychopathic behavioural traits seem to steer away from the rich and successful, and focus on more vulnerable people

(University of California - San Diego) A submersible voyage was the first to study the biodiversity of the gulf's undersea mountain habitats far below the reach of scuba.