Tag: airplanes
Machines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the...
Srinivas Garimella, Georgia Institute of Technology and Matthew T. Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Not only people need...
Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on...
Gökçin Çınar, University of Michigan
Electric planes might seem futuristic, but they aren’t that far off, at least for...
Boeing: why the Ukraine crisis could help it become the world’s...
Joseph Mellors, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Boeing has faced a lot of bad press in recent years, and deservedly so....
How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains
Prasenjit Mitra, Penn State
New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of interference with aircraft operations, particularly as aircraft...
Why does it take longer to fly from east to west...
Skip Bailey, University of Nebraska Omaha
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
How greater diversity in the cockpit could help airlines avoid a...
Shannon McLoughlin Morrison, The Ohio State University
Before the new coronavirus hit, the airline industry was bracing for a severe pilot shortage. But just as...
Amelia Earhart would have a hard time disappearing in 2019
Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University and Shawn Pruchnicki, The Ohio State University
When Amelia Earhart took off in 1937 to fly around the world,...
Using your phone on a plane is safe – but for...
Sven Bilén, Pennsylvania State University
Over the Thanksgiving travel period an estimated 30 million Americans plan to fly to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings...
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A vegan meat revolution is coming to global fast food chains...
Malte Rödl, University of Manchester
A few years ago, convincing meat-free “meat” was nothing more than a distant dream for most consumers. Meat substitutes in...
