This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of inspiration for humans ...

AutoFlight, a Chinese start-up founded in Shanghai, has set a new world record for distance flown by an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in a recent test flight of its ...

AutoFlight, a Chinese start-up founded in Shanghai, has set a new world record for distance flown by an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in a recent test flight of its ...

The ability to determine absolute distance to an object is one of the most basic measurements of remote sensing. High-precision ranging has important applications in both large-scale manufacturing and ...

Imagine a flying dragon that doesn’t spout fire, but instead extinguishes it with blasts of water. Thanks to a team of Japanese researchers, this new kind of beast may soon be recruited to firefighter ...

A robot with wings that move like a hawk’s can fly more stably and nimbly than other flying robots – and it uses less power, extending flight time. Enrico Ajanic at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...