Engineers found a way to help airplanes avoid stall with lightweight plastic flaps that flutter with pressure changes. The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ...

Modern airplanes are inspired by birds but Princeton researchers find one aspect, we have not used so far and it could help ...

Taking inspiration from bird feathers, Princeton engineers have found that adding rows of flaps to a remote-controlled ...

Zara Lachlan is an ambitious 21-year-old from Cambridge who has created lofty goal for herself. In approximately 90 days, she ...

We live in an amazing time for understanding the universe. Our powerful telescopes show that the cosmos is simpler than ...

A new study suggests that beneath Mars’ icy surface, there might be hidden pools of meltwater capable of supporting life.

It is that time of year again - our sister title, Electro Optics, has revealed its Photonics100 list of photonics innovators for 2025, and many of this year's honourees are working on advanved imaging ...

Our sister title, Electro Optics, has revealed its Photonics100 list of photonics innovators for 2025, and many of the honourees are working on silicon photonics and quantum photonics that has the ...

Our sister title, Electro Optics, has revealed its Photonics100 list of photonics innovators for 2025, and many of the honourees are from the fibre systems and optical communications fields.