News tagged with fixed wings
To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a new Cornell study, an optimized flapping wing could actually require 27 percent less power than its optimal steady-flight counterpart at small scales.
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New surface coatings could inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas wells
During the massive oil spill from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, it seemed at first like there might be a quick fix: a containment dome lowered onto the broken pipe to capture the flow so it could be pumped ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Climate change threatens tropical birds: study
Climate change spells trouble for many tropical birds – especially those living in mountains, coastal forests and relatively small areas – and the damage will be compounded by other threats like ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Hovering not hard if you're top-heavy, researchers find
Top-heavy structures are more likely to maintain their balance while hovering in the air than are those that bear a lower center of gravity, researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots
To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Gaia spreads its wings
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Gaia star-mapper has passed a critical test ahead of its launch in 2013: the spacecraft’s sunshield has been deployed for the first time.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Robots in reality
Consider the following scenario: A scout surveys a high-rise building that’s been crippled by an earthquake, trapping workers inside. After looking for a point of entry, the scout carefully navigates ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Review: Nook Tablet is Kindle Fire's worthy foe
Listen, and I'll tell you the story of the bookstore chain that stormed into the hottest category in consumer electronics and conquered.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Flocking robots take to the sky (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next time you look up in the sky and think you are seeing a flock of geese flying south for the winter, take a closer look. If you are in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, these flocks may actually ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan, rattles nerves
(AP) -- A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three returning astronauts from the International Space Station touched down safely Friday in the central steppes of Kazakhstan, but not without rattling nerves after ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Explorers scramble to build vessel that will reach Earth's deepest point
It's been more than 50 years since humanity ventured to the deepest place on Earth, but four crews now are racing to make a return trip.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2011 |
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