Planes Pollute Less Than Cars

Planes Pollute Less Than Cars

Get out of your car and hop on a plane

Airplanes Can Accidentally Seed Clouds

Airplanes Can Accidentally Seed Clouds

When they take off and land under certain conditions

NOAA Sends New Research Airplane in the Gulf

NOAA Sends New Research Airplane in the Gulf

So as to keep an eye on how air quality evolves

Boeing 787 Ultimate-Load Wing Test Completed

Boeing 787 Ultimate-Load Wing Test Completed

Preliminary results show it went on successfully

Air Drones to Take Up Science Duties

Air Drones to Take Up Science Duties

To measure various properties of the atmosphere

Groundbreaking UAV Technology for the Future

Groundbreaking UAV Technology for the Future

The vehicles will plan and verify missions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 12th, 2010
TGF Expose Airline Passengers to Radiation

TGF Expose Airline Passengers to Radiation

About 400 chest X-rays' worth per flight

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 1st, 2010
New Strategy for Reducing Air-Traffic Pollution

New Strategy for Reducing Air-Traffic Pollution

Management could beat innovation

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 1st, 2010
MagViz Allows Liquids Aboard Airplanes

MagViz Allows Liquids Aboard Airplanes

The method is good at correctly identifying threats

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 30th, 2009
Future Jet Airplanes Could Be Electric

Future Jet Airplanes Could Be Electric

Contrails could soon be history

Why Airport Security Failed Flight 253

Why Airport Security Failed Flight 253

There are many reasons, authorities say

Why Cell Phones and Airplanes Don't Mix

Why Cell Phones and Airplanes Don't Mix

Phone use in planes was banned in 1991

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 16th, 2009
First Flight for Boeing's New 787 Dreamliner

First Flight for Boeing's New 787 Dreamliner

The aircraft has performed remarkably

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 8th, 2009
Flight Passengers Exposed to Large Doses of Radiation

Flight Passengers Exposed to Large Doses of Radiation

The latter form during lightning storms

Mid-Infrared Lasers Exceed 120-Watt Milestone

Mid-Infrared Lasers Exceed 120-Watt Milestone

NU experts have designed the innovative device

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 1st, 2009
'Ion Tiger' Sets New Endurance Record

'Ion Tiger' Sets New Endurance Record

It flew non-stop for 26 hours

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 25th, 2009
Turbulence Research Earns Caltech Physicist Important Award

Turbulence Research Earns Caltech Physicist Important Award

Her work is of interest to the Air Force

 
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