Follow live video and daily updates from the scientists and engineers aboard the R/V Thompson during the 37-day operations and maintenance cruise to the OOI Regional Cabled Array.

Successful tests of accurate acoustic navigation systems on Seaglider promise continuous, long-endurance observations of the deep ocean interior.

2020 has been a year like no other. In spite of the challenges, we can report that our scientists and engineers made advances in all of the Laboratory's areas of expertise. Read more about their resilience and accomplishments.

PIXL is an X-ray spectrometer integrated into the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars on 18 February. PIXL will measure the microstructure of rocks in search of fossils and evidence of ancient Martian microbial life.

In a recent paper, a CIMU team describes successful experiments to manipulate a solid object with ultrasound beams transmitted through the skin.