WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the National Oceanic and ...

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts, is pioneering automated electric vessels to map the ocean floor and improve search and rescue missions.Andrew March, senior technical staff, said ...

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