John Bird, Ph.D., and Afroza Shirin, Ph.D., stand with a model aircraft used in their research on soaring. With a new grant from DARPA, the two are using insights from bird flight to develop uncrewed ...
Human beings have succeeded, through their curiosity and genius, in flying like birds. However, this comes at a significant energy cost: a Boeing 737 consumes about 750 gallons (2840 liters) of fuel ...