Retired Rear Admiral Chuck Goddard OCE ’85, SM ’85 is leading a bid to design the US Navy’s next class of guided-missile frigates.

Autonomous glider can fly like an albatross, cruise like a sailboat.

New principled approach helps autonomous underwater vehicles explore the ocean in an intelligent, energy-efficient manner.

Interactions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.

Made of silicone rubber, CSAIL’s “SoFi” could enable a closer study of aquatic life.

MIT anthropologist is researching how scientists understand waves.

Trailblazing scientists Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.

Students put their AI software for underwater vehicles to the test on the Charles River.

New acoustic analysis could pinpoint impacts by meteorites or possibly plane debris.

Method may help predict hotspots of instability affecting climate, aircraft performance, and ocean circulation.