The autonomous cargo aircraft startup for middle-mile routes rapidly iterated on its design to double capacity while reducing fuel burn over 50% SAN MATEO, Calif., March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rune ...

Quantum cryptography is ready for take-off. (Courtesy: Ludwig-Maximilians University) Physicists in Germany are the first to transmit quantum information from a flying aircraft to a ground station.

The drone industry may be on the verge of transforming air travel to some degree, but I sincerely doubt to the degree the media is telling you. There are many reasons that the innovation is moving ...

Exploiting quantum physics could offer commercial aircraft an alternative to satellite-based navigation, by enhancing the accuracy of inertial systems while avoiding disruption and jamming. Commercial ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

In the lab: researchers measure the stiffness of midsole designs using an Instron machine to mimic footsteps. Courtesy: Melanie Gonick, MIT Those who have taken up running in the new year will know ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how lightning interacts with different airplane designs to help engineers better ...

Scientists have found that a law of physics predicts the evolution of commercial airliners and also provides guidelines for future designs. Researchers believe they now know why the supersonic ...