Researchers think a coral-covered vessel discovered off the Kenyan coast could be the "São Jorge," a galleon that sank 500 ...

As a result, “countless shipwrecks” are in danger of disintegration, the researchers write. The new method relies on a self-dissolving hydrogel — a type of substance that gradually melts and ...

Contracted divers found 101 gold coins from the wreckage of a Spanish fleet in 2015, but they only reported 51 to authorities ...

The HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand lost since World War II, and was one of nine ships in the country's small ...

But a new hydrogel developed by researchers in China may offer a much safer option for eradicating harmful microbes and acids in waterlogged shipwreck wood. The novel material, detailed in a study ...

To better care for delicate marine artifacts, researchers have developed a new hydrogel that quickly neutralizes harmful acids and stabilized waterlogged wood from an 800-year-old shipwreck.

The researchers say their new hydrogel could be used to preserve and strengthen wood from shipwrecks without causing additional damage, enhancing the ability to untangle the mysteries of the past.

From the RMS Titanic to the SS Endurance, shipwrecks offer valuable — yet swiftly deteriorating — windows into the past. Conservators slowly dry marine wooden artifacts to preserve them but doing so ...