Bernoulli's Principal and the Physics of Flight ...

Birds have inspired human flight for centuries, but Shabnam Raayai thinks they can also offer lessons in reducing energy consumption. A fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, Raayai works to ...

How does an aircraft weighing tens of thousands of pounds lift off the runway and remain stable while climbing, turning or descending through turbulent air? The answer lies in physics — in the ...

Sitting quietly on an outcropping of a Whitewater Valley bluff, I was startled to see something large heading toward me — a northern barred owl with its giant eyes, it seemed like it was going to hit ...

Experts from UMass Amherst’s aeronautics team also came to the classroom to teach students about the physics of paper airplanes, and the physics of flight more generally. “That was extremely fun for ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.