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Office of Naval Research

Wetsuit

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From left, graduate student Anton Cottrill, Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno and Dr. Michael Strano try out their neoprene wetsuits at a pool at MIT's athletic center. Cottrill is holding the pressure tank used to treat the wetsuits with heavy inert gasses. To protect Navy divers in freezing conditions, the Office of Naval Research is sponsoring work to design a wetsuit mirroring the insulating properties of animal blubber.

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Susan Young

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