British Columbia University
Oct 30 2006, Ashutosh

Deep Blue Sea is still a mystery for humans despite the technological advancements. But if the Oceanographer Johan Delaney of University of Washington has his way things might change.

He plans to build about 10 semiautomated geobiological labs...

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