First look: In a lab at Rutgers University, engineers are challenging conventional assumptions about flight. Rather than relying on motors and gears, their latest research envisions a future where ...

Engineers are taking inspiration from birds to design a new kind of flying robot that could be more flexible, safer, and better suited to complex environments than today’s drones. Instead of relying ...

In this computer-generated flight sequence, the ornithopter’s wings beat without any gears or motors—powered instead by thin piezoelectric actuators that flex the entire structure. A bird banking in a ...

The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, on behalf of NASA's New Frontiers Program, has begun construction of a nuclear-powered rotorcraft drone named Dragonfly. Appearing for ...

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The creative powerhouse shares his vision for 550 West 21st Street, a new 83-unit condominium with prices from $2.5 million to over $30 million. With more than $1 billion in sales and a potential ...