A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shape that significantly reduces the noise associated with drones. [PDF via NewAtlas] Inspired by some of the experiments with “ring ...

A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shape that significantly reduces the noise associated with drones. [PDF via NewAtlas] Inspired by some of the experiments with “ring ...

However, as engineers learn more about aerodynamics and attempt new experiments, propellers are evolving to more complex shapes. These feature multiple blades, high sweep angles, blade tip devices ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last October more than 8.6 million Californians practiced the "Drop, Cover and Hold On ...

Imagine a hurricane with an eye in the shape of a propeller amid the swirling clouds. Physicists have observed something almost as strange in whirlpools that they made by swirling liquids in a ...

Work is now underway on The Park at Van Nuys, a campus-like complex on the west side of the airport that will be home to propeller airplanes that fly in and out of the facility. San Fernando-based ...