News articles tagged with 'aircraft'
Should airplanes look like birds?
— 22 Nov 2010 09:49 | TechnologyAirplanes do not look much like birds - unless you were to imagine a really weird bird or a very strange plane - but should they? This question is exactly what a pair of engineers in…
Organ procurement air transportation displays poor safety record
— 19 Nov 2010 11:41 | HealthThe transplant community was largely unaware of sub-standard transportation practices for donor organs until a number of fatal air crashes took the lives of transplant personnel, calling…
Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever to achieve sustained flight
— 23 Sep 2010 10:27 | TechnologyAviation history was made when the University of Toronto's human-powered aircraft with flapping wings became the first of its kind to fly continuously…
AMS experiment takes off for Kennedy Space Centre
— 19 Aug 2010 16:17 | PhysicsThe Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment that will search for antimatter and dark matter in space, leaves CERN next Tuesday on the next leg of its journey to the International…
Aircraft cause precipitation, hole-punch clouds
— 15 Jun 2010 02:26 | EnvironmentAs turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently seed mid-level clouds and cause narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and…
NASA develops enhanced search and rescue technologies
— 25 May 2010 11:37 | TechnologyNASA, which pioneered the technology used for the satellite-aided search and rescue capability that has saved more than 27,000 lives worldwide since its inception nearly three decades…
The new sky
— 11 May 2010 03:59 | TechnologyFlying can become considerably more environmentally friendly - the aviation experts from the 'Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe' ACARE are certain of this. In the…
Wireless optical transmission key to secure, safe and rapid indoor communications
— 28 Jan 2010 10:38 | TechnologyLight is better than radio waves when it comes to some wireless communications, according to Penn State engineers. Optical communications systems could provide faster, more secure communications…
Study finds H1N1 virus spreads easily by plane
— 11 Jan 2010 16:42 | HealthViruses 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…
More than 1,000 patients in US admitted annually for aviation-related injuries
— 2 Dec 2009 11:26 | HealthThe first ever published study of aviation-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. finds that more than 1,013 patients are admitted to U.S. hospitals with aviation-related injuries…