Miami, Oct 29, 2025 (AFP) - Underwater 'human habitat' aims to allow researchers to make weeklong dives

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2025-10-30
To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed Vanguard, a "subsea human habitat." The company unveiled its prototype Wednesday at a hangar in Miami, Florida, hoping that oceanographers and other researchers can use it to stay underwater in the ocean for at least a week, instead of only a few hours like most expeditions. "There are zones in oceans around the world that ar......
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