submersible

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From inside a small submersible, the Chinese researchers saw many strange animals -- many believed to be new to science -- living off the whale carcasses.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

As a young postdoctoral scientist, he joined pioneering expeditions and descended more than a mile below the ocean surface in the submersible Alvin, where he observed thriving ecosystems in total darkness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The robot is fully submersible in case of flooding and is compatible with special snow tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

He is excited, for example, about a future where we “go full James Cameron” and send an autonomous submersible down into the sea of Europa, one of Jupiter’s nearly 100 moons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

And I like imagining that I am there sometimes, in a spherical metal submersible with windows that are 30 cm thick to stop them from imploding under the pressure.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon