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Urbana IL (SPX) Jan 17, 2025Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. [...]

Byline: Alfred Chua The Australian government*has released its long-awaited Aviation White Paper, outlining a raft of proposals covering areas such as slot reform, sustainability and consumer rights. The Australian government [...]

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 NASA has unveiled two significant white papers as part of its Moon to Mars architecture initiatives. These documents, focusing on lunar mobility drivers [...]

SAE International and SAE Government Technologies recently announced a partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association's Michigan Chapter to publish the entire collection of technical papers spanning 16 years of [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Canadian start-up carrier Lynx Air attributes its descent into insolvency to factors including the grounding of Boeing's 737 Max, Covid-19 travel restrictions and surging fuel prices. Canadian [...]

Consider that between 30 and 50 percent of the value of older aircraft lies in the aircraft's technical and journey logs. It's not just about paper signoffs to keep the [...]

Electronic logbooks eliminate the challenge of squeezing handwritten text into small boxes with limited space. They're tough to lose and destroy, plus they can automatically do the logging for you, [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron A new US Air Force research paper indicates that Chinese researchers are looking to address the challenges related to creating drone swarms for future combat missions. A [...]

Saskatoon, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2022 Dr. Lindsay Eltis, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of British Columbia, and his team are studying how [...]

Byline: Dominic Perry CFM International has begun manufacturing parts for its first RISE open-fan demonstrator as it ramps up component testing for the new powerplant. CFM International has begun manufacturing [...]

Byline: Dominic Perry Only increased production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and reintroduction of turboprops in place of jets, plus incentives to speed retirements of older gas-guzzlers, will help commercial [...]

Melbourne FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2023 Inspired by the Milankovitch cycles that play a role in Earth's climate over time, new research at Florida Tech examines how these recurring orbital [...]

Boston MA (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 MIT engineers have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source. These durable, flexible solar [...]

Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 Using a combination of multiple energy sources, including solar, makes the nation's energy system more resilient. Solar energy provides about 3% of the country's [...]

Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 The conversation around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming more positive, according to new Alliance for Science research analyzing traditional and social media trends [...]

Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 10, 2022 Have you ever gotten relief from summertime heat by draping a wet towel over your head? If so, you've benefited from a phase-change material [...]

Singapore (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed paper-thin biodegradable zinc batteries that could one day become an environmentally sustainable option for powering [...]

Information is the foundation on which air traffic control is built. Controllers absorb tons of data as we work our traffic--winds and weather conditions, advertised runways, aircraft types, filed routes, [...]

Byline: David Kaminski-Morrow Risk of coronavirus transmission on board aircraft is lower than that for most other indoor environments, according to a paper presented to a high-level ICAO conference on [...]

Byline: Staff WritersWashington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2018, 2018 Even in this digital age, paper is still everywhere. Often, printed materials get used once and are then discarded, creating waste [...]

Byline: Pilar Wolfsteller US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is calling on the industry to revisit numerous labour, safety, subsidy and collective bargaining issues that for the [...]

Ames IA (SPX) Nov 17, 2020 The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) released a new paper, 'Ground and Aerial Robots for Agricultural Production: Opportunities and Challenges'. It is [...]

Byline: Lewis Harper An important lesson from the coronavirus crisis is that too many airlines focus on 'paper profits' at the expense of genuine liquidity,*according*to*Wizz*Air chief*executive*Jozsef*Varadi. An important lesson from [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron Tokyo's growing geopolitical concerns will see it make continued investments in its military, including updates to airpower capabilities. Tokyo's 2020 Defense of Japan white paper notes that [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 24, 2020, 2020 The first papers of the Planetary Science Journal are now available online. This new open access online journal, from the [...]

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 Paul Scott leads the pack with his speech prepared for Recharge and Renew 2021 with, 'Why the internal combustion industry must die, [...]

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has announced the release of a number of recommendations addressing the issue of space traffic management, with the goal [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Airbus has collaborated with Boeing to write a report warning that air traffic control (ATC) technology must be significantly modernised to manage countless new small aircraft that [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 11, 2020, 2020 A new study, conducted to better understand the origin of the universe, has provided insight into some of the [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Berkeley CA (SPX) May 23, 2017, 2017 Simulations run at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of a unique collaboration with Lawrence [...]

The Michigan chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association recognized six papers for their work in developing warfighter technology solutions at the chapter's 2022 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering Technology Symposium [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Kobe, Japan (SPX) Mar 20, 2019, 2019 The ecological bio-production of xylitol and cellulose nanofibers using modified yeast cells, from material produced by the paper industry has [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2020, 2020 Spacedaily.com has learned that Southern California Edison, an Investor Owned Utility Monopoly in Los Angeles, has reverted to manual, [...]

* The National Training and Simulation Association's Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference Committee invites interested individuals to submit previously un-published work and encourages original papers for its 2022 conference. [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Jun 16, 2015, 2015 Researchers at the KU Leuven Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have found a more eco-friendly way to derive lignin [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 23, 2018, 2018 One of the oldest, most versatile and inexpensive of materials - paper - seemingly springs to life, bending, folding or [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Binghamton NY (SPX) Aug 09, 2018, 2018 The batteries of the future may be made out of paper. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University at New York [...]

Byline: Patrick Lynch for GSFC News Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2018, 2018 A NASA scientist's final scientific paper, published posthumously this month, reveals new insights into one of the [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 16, 2018, 2018 Kirigami (also called 'paper-cuts' or 'jianzhi') is one of the most traditional Chinese folk arts. It is widely used in [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 04, 2014, 2014 Researchers have genetically engineered trees that will be easier to break down to produce paper and biofuel, a breakthrough that [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 01, 2019, 2019 Thermoelectric materials, capable of transforming heat into electricity, are very promising when converting residual heat into electrical energy, since they [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Earlier this year, an employee at a major US aerospace company shared a company presentation marked 'proprietary' with an alleged Chinese intellectual property spy. Earlier this year, [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2018, 2018 In remote areas of the world or in regions with limited resources, everyday items like electrical outlets and batteries are [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 24, 2018, 2018 A new systems biology model that mimics the process of wood formation allows scientists to predict the effects of switching [...]

MANY AIR CARGO OPERATORS WOULD LIKE TO MIMIC the passenger side of the airline industry's move away from paper processing. E-tickets now are nearly universal; old-fashioned paper tickets are not [...]

The white paper for France assesses not only defense issues but also the risks and threats that the nation could be exposed to due to the rising incidence of terrorism and organized crime.

Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2014, 2014 In today's search for renewable energy sources, researchers are turning to the hi-tech, from solar and hydrogen fuel cells, and [...]