With a better understanding of how fish move, researchers eventually could develop faster, more efficient propulsion systems for manned and unmanned underwater vehicles. Mechanical engineers... Read more
New hybrid approach may help power rockets, launch satellites, enable future aircraft to exceed Mach 10 Scientists and science fiction writers alike have dreamt of aircrafts that are propell... Read more
MIT-led team designs airplanes that would use 70 percent less fuel than current models. In what could set the stage for a fundamental shift in commercial aviation, an MIT-led team has design... Read more
Japanese scientists are celebrating the successful deployment of their solar sail, Ikaros. The 200-sq-m (2,100-sq-ft) membrane is attached to a small disc-shaped spacecraft that was put in o... Read more