Amateur nineteenth-century aviators typically studied the flight behavior of birds and then built flying machines accordingly. The resulting bird-like craft failed miserably because the builders had no knowledge of aerodynamics and aeronautics,...

A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. Ways that wind-speed and flow are measured in wind...

Whirlwind Japanese study tour: air movement in a greenhouse Editor's note: As part of a University of Arizona/Japan collaboration to study greenhouse cooling in a semi-arid climate, Sadanori Sase Japan's National Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE) - extended an invitation to Nadia Sabeh...

As Tiger Woods and caddie Mike Cowan walked down the 10th hole at Augusta National yesterday, headed toward Amen Corner and its infamous tunnel of swirling winds, switching direction constantly in the pines, the pair looked at a pile of leaves sitting beside the...

An experimental jet that resembles a flying wing successfully flew for the first time in a program that could lead to more fuel-efficient, quieter and higher-capacity aircraft, NASA said Thursday.The remotely controlled, 500-pound, three-engine jet with a 21-foot wingspan took off July 20, climbed to...

An experimental jet that resembles a flying wing successfully flew for the first time in a program that could lead to more fuel-efficient, quieter and higher-capacity aircraft, NASA said Thursday.The remotely controlled, 500-pound, three-engine jet with a 21-foot wingspan took off July 20, climbed to...