A newly discovered carbon-based defect in the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could be used as a quantum sensor to detect magnetic fields in any direction – a feat that is not ...

Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic islands and the sixth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, but despite its size and location research suggests that it was among the last Mediterranean ...

The cornerstone of its plan is an underwater habitat called the Sentinel system, which it says will allow people to live and work at a depth of 200 meters (656 feet) for up to a month. The ...

Using this bubble helps anoles prolong their stay underwater, according to Dr. Lindsey Swierk, an assistant research professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University in New York.

Scientists expect even more new species to emerge from the region. Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international ...

Associate Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Plymouth If you’ve ever swam underwater with your eyes open, you have noticed that your eyes sting a bit afterwards.

That’s almost the height of an underwater mountain newly discovered and mapped by oceanographers led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in California. Located in the Pacific Ocean 900 miles (1,448 ...

Oceanographers studying an underwater mountain range found a variety of surprises, including being able to capture footage of an incredibly rare squid species and identifying a new species of octopus.

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators. Presenting the world's smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of ...

Even though the boat lies in relatively shallow water of 50 meters, underwater operations are affected by numerous factors which make them the most complex of search and rescue efforts.