Yeah, but why does wood float? There are two forces acting on the life jacket - its weight and the force of the water pushing upwards on it - the upthrust. And if the weight is equal to or less ...

Rice University students have made a breakthrough in underwater robotics by creating a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that utilizes water-splitting fuel cells for buoyancy control. This ...

Learn more. The University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, has for the second year partnered with DeepWater Buoyancy — a Biddeford-based manufacturer of subsea buoyancy products ...