The Ikhana unmanned aircraft system has been used by NASA last year to fight wildfires from the sky and this month to provide images of current Californian wildfires to authorities (link to NASA ...
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Germany tests shape-shifting wings that morph mid-flight to boost flight safety
German engineers have tested aircraft wings that physically change shape during flight, even during ...
(Nanowerk News) A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blended wing aircraft could slash carbon emissions. This rendering shows a design by California-based JetZero, which aims to have ...
They are among nature's best fliers, spending most of their time in flight. Now scientists have shed new light on how swifts can glide with ease, whatever the weather ...
Most air travelers today take comfort in the knowledge that when flying from place to place, the wings on their aircraft always keep their shape. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...
An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough lift to fly. The study, published today in eLife as the final Version of ...
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