News articles tagged with 'flight' (Page 2)
Bats' echolocation recorded for human exploit
— 11 May 2010 20:37 | BiologyBats' remarkable ability to 'see' in the dark uses the echoes from their own calls to decipher the shape of their dark surroundings. This process, known as echolocation, allows bats…
Turning up the heat: Finding out how well the Webb telescope's sunshield will perform
— 17 Mar 2010 13:44 | AstronomyKeeping an infrared telescope at very cold operating temperatures isn't an option, it's an absolute necessity. For the James Webb Space Telescope to see the traces of infrared light…
Caltech researchers obtain first brain recordings from behaving fruit flies
— 14 Feb 2010 21:19 | BiologyResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have obtained the first recordings of brain-cell activity in an actively flying fruit fly…
Study finds that long-distance migration shapes butterfly wings
— 13 Feb 2010 20:16 | BiologyA University of Georgia study has found that monarch butterflies that migrate long distances have evolved significantly larger and more elongated wings than their stationary cousins,…
Migrating insects fly in the fast lane
— 7 Feb 2010 16:56 | BiologyA study published in Science, by researchers at Rothamsted Research (an institute of the BBSRC), the Met Office, the Natural Resources Institute, and the Universities of Exeter, Greenwich…
Researchers of microraptor shed light on ancient origin of bird flight
— 26 Jan 2010 14:14 | BiologyA 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…
NRL's Ion Tiger sets 26-hour flight endurance record
— 2 Dec 2009 14:21 | TechnologyThe Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 26 hours and 1 minute carrying a 5-pound payload, setting another unofficial…
Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight
— 14 Oct 2009 12:04 | TechnologyThe Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance…
Migrating monarch butterflies 'nose' their way to Mexico
— 26 Sep 2009 13:10 | BiologyThe annual migration of monarch butterflies from across eastern North America to a specific grove of fir trees in Mexico has long fascinated scientists who have sought to understand…
Secrets of insect flight revealed
— 18 Sep 2009 13:44 | BiologyResearchers 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…