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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers are working to improve seaweed aquaculture scalability.

The fastest-growing aquaculture sector is seaweed farming. It can benefit marine ecosystems, farmers, and local communities by providing jobs and...

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New Entrepreneur-in-Residence Joins WHOI Tech Transfer

The Office for Technology Transfer (OTT) is excited to welcome our new Entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR), Michael Hard, to WHOI. Michael will...

Oceanus

A cabled ocean

Internet cables on the seafloor could advance how we track changes in the Arctic

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DigitalReefs founder Anne Cohen discusses entrepreneurship and digital twin application in coral reef management.

Emerging Entrepreneurship in Science Talk on 3/20

WHOI scientists discuss plastic pollution and academia-industry partnerships in new Nature.com article

Oceanus Magazine

A new way to discover life in the ocean’s hadal zone

Our eyes on the seafloor

The Polar Imperative

Puzzling over a mollusk mystery

WHOI in the News

MIT, Woods Hole researchers are developing a better way to monitor slimy marine animals

WHOI researchers develop eco-friendly plastic straw alternative

Woods Hole scientists explore new deep-sea phenomenon

Newly Issued Patents

Optical Communication Systems and Methods Norm Farr, John Ware, Cliff Pontbriand Patent No. 9,231,708 Issued: 01/05/2016 Marine Environment Antifouling System and Methods Norm Farr, Cliff Pontbriand, Tim Peters Patent No. 9,235,048 Issued: 01/12/2016 Cobalamin Acquisition Protein and Use Thereof  Mak Saito, Erin Bertrand Patent No. 9,234,012 Issued 01/12/2016 Optical Communication Systems and Methods Norm Farr, Lee…

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