Dec. 4, 2023 The sound a disc makes while soaring through the air is full of information about how fast the disc is flying and how quickly it spins. This inspired Kyle S. Dalton of Penn State University to ...
Oct. 4, 2023 Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and ...
Sep. 27, 2023 Scientists unveil exciting possibilities for the development of highly efficient quantum ...
Sep. 20, 2023 Scientists and industry leaders worldwide are looking for answers on how to make aviation sustainable by 2050 and choosing a viable sustainable fuel is a major sticking point. Aerospace engineers ...
Sep. 13, 2023 Researchers have developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by 'snapping' into a folded position during their descent. Each device has an onboard ...
Aug. 30, 2023 In a milestone for artificial intelligence (AI), the AI system 'Swift' has beaten the world champions in drone racing -- a result that seemed unattainable just a few years ago. The ...
Aug. 23, 2023 Geoscientists have created a new method that can reconstruct the drift path and origin of debris from flight MH370, an aircraft that went missing over the Indian Ocean in 2014 with 239 passengers and ...
Aug. 23, 2023 New algorithms for trajectory planning and control of fixed-wing 'tailsitter' aircraft are faster and more efficient than traditional quadcopter drones. The algorithms can execute ...
Aug. 21, 2023 Zinc-air batteries have emerged as a better alternative to lithium in a recent study into the advancement of sustainable battery ...
July 31, 2023 An unusual discovery is now being developed as an on-demand cooling solution for high-flying military ...
July 19, 2023 Researchers are using aluminum foil to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The team's new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single ...
July 12, 2023 Using Japan's most powerful supercomputer, researchers reproduced cases of clear air turbulence around Tokyo. They simulated the fine vortices responsible for this dangerous phenomenon. The ...
June 23, 2023 Air taxis may be coming to our cities in the near future, but a new study warns regulations will need to address dangerous wind gusts around city buildings and other urban ...
June 12, 2023 Researchers developed a machine-learning technique that can autonomously drive a car or fly a plane through a very difficult 'stabilize-avoid' scenario, in which the vehicle must stabilize ...
June 9, 2023 Aerospace engineers designed a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying the largest ...
June 8, 2023 New research shows that clear-air turbulence increased in various regions around the world from 1979 -- ...
June 7, 2023 Researchers have revealed the mechanisms that cause lithium metal solid-state batteries to fail. The new insights could help overcome the technical issues with solid-state batteries, unlocking a ...
May 24, 2023 The effects of the ground on propeller noise have now been measured ...
May 18, 2023 Engineers have developed a prototype metamaterial that uses electrical signals to control both the direction and intensity of energy waves passing through a solid material. Potential applications of ...
Apr. 6, 2023 There is extensive research on how a fixed-position flap affects lift in the realm of fluid-structure interaction. So, researchers conducted a bio-inspired study with a novel twist -- variable ...