News tagged with flight model
A novel hypothesis for beetle diversification -- Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification
Professor Teiji Sota, Department of Zoology at Kyoto University, and his group demonstrated that loss of flight has been the major driving force for beetle diversification. This finding has been published ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Eye of Gaia: Billion-pixel camera to map Milky Way
The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly mosaicked together from 106 separate electronic detectors. The resulting "billion-pixel array" will serve as the super-sensitive ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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How do honeybees control their flight speed to avoid obstacles?
Unlike humans, bees have a dorsal visual field that enables them to avoid obstacles above their heads. Until now, it was not known whether this helped them to control their flight speed. Recent research by ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Staying the course: Fruit flies employ stabilizer reflex to recover from midflight stumbles
Observing the aerial maneuvers of fruit flies, Cornell University researchers have uncovered how the insects - when disturbed by sharp gusts of wind - right themselves and stay on course. Fruit flies use an automatic stabilizer ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Researchers of microraptor shed light on ancient origin of bird flight
A joint team from the University of Kansas and Northeastern University in China says that it has settled the long-standing question of how bird flight began.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Study finds H1N1 virus spreads easily by plane
(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses love plane travel. They get to fly around the world inside a closed container while their infected carrier breathes and coughs, spreading pathogens to other passengers, either by direct contact or ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Secrets of insect flight revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the manoeuvrability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight.
Sep 17, 2009 |
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