A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed ways to rapidly evaluate new thermal protection materials ...

We test whether speed boat propellers can effectively power an aircraft, exploring thrust, performance, and engineering ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

The constancy of the speed of light is a pillar of modern physics, but questions persist about its absolute universality. Advanced theories, seeking to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics, ...

A controlled experiment has revealed how owls achieve their signature silent flight. Researchers found that the birds’ specialized feathers scatter air currents in a way that dramatically reduces ...

Precise underwater navigation is critical for autonomous and remotely operated deep-sea vehicles, yet variations in seawater ...

US Army validates a new rainfield simulator with a hypersonic test, improving insight into how vehicles perform in extreme ...

Concorde’s Mach-2 eclipse chase (30 June 1973) set the airborne totality record of 74 minutes and cemented its legacy as a ...

A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories developed a rapid method for simulating heat shield materials in ...

The greatest scientific contributions in human history are attributed to the British scientist Isaac Newton (1643– 1727), who ...

Deep inside Earth, researchers see signs that the solid inner core may be arranged in multiple chemical layers far below.

We tend to break things down into smaller components to make remembering easier. Event Segmentation Theory explains how we do ...