Aerospace vehicle aerodynamics investigates the fluid dynamic and aerothermodynamic behavior of aircraft, rotorcraft, missiles, and high-speed vehicles across subsonic to hypersonic regimes. The field integrates wind tunnel and flight testing, high-fidelity simulation, and advanced diagnostics to understand lift, drag, noise generation, heat transfer, and combustion phenomena. Applications span laminar flow control, aeroelastic load management, turbine and duct optimization, quiet supersonic transport, and propulsion–airframe integration, supporting the design and validation of efficient, safe, and low-noise aerospace systems.
Energy & Green Tech
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing the next generation of solid-fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, addressing one of the field's most persistent challenges: understanding and predicting what happens ...
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Computer Sciences
While popular AI models such as ChatGPT are trained on language or photographs, new models created by researchers from the Polymathic AI collaboration are trained using real scientific datasets. The models are already using ...
Jan 27, 2026
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Automotive
NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft more efficient by improving how air flows across a wing's surface, saving fuel and money.
Jan 22, 2026
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Robotics
A collaboration between Princeton University engineers and entomologists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign began with the researchers chasing grasshoppers in a hot parking lot. Their eventual focus on the hindwings ...
Jan 7, 2026
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Engineering
Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have three goals: To understand the problem of gas supersaturation at hydropower plants, ...
Dec 30, 2025
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Automotive
The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving fuel.
Dec 19, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers have clarified the mechanisms by which energy loss is locally maximized at a certain rotational speed in gas-liquid two-phase flows driven by rotors, providing fundamental insights for energy savings and optimal ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Engineering
From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting vehicles from the intense ...
Dec 15, 2025
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Engineering
What does the space shuttle have in common with the original iPhone? According to Francisco Polidoro Jr., professor of management of Texas McCombs, they're both breakthrough inventions that integrate webs of interdependent ...
Dec 5, 2025
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Automotive
Gerotor pumps for oil circulation and lubrication are crucial components in automotive and hydraulic systems. They possess a compact design, excellent flow rate per rotation, and high suction capability. The gerotor tooth ...
Dec 2, 2025
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