The nature-inspired metal material could enable shape-shifting wings that adjust themselves for smoother flight.

When the Wright brothers accomplished their first powered flight more than a century ago, they controlled the motion of their Flyer 1 aircraft using wires and pulleys that bent and twisted the ...

An auxetic honeycomb that changes shape using piezo-electric actuators and other sensors embedded in each of the structure's cells could enable lightweight, power-efficient flexing control surfaces ...

NextGen Aeronautics is to build a small unmanned air vehicle able to change shape in flight under the next phase of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) morphing aircraft ...

To maximize a plane's efficiency over a broader range of flight speeds, Penn State engineers have developed a concept for morphing airplane wings that change shape like a bird's and are covered with a ...

Man has been trying to find ways and means to conquer the universe. By putting challenges to the limits of his thinking, he has brought about a revolution in every field. A century ago the Wright ...

MIT and NASA researchers have developed a morphing airplane wing that goes back to the future: The entire wing bends and twists, much as the Wright brothers' Flyer 1 did more than a century ago.

A new type of composite wing that can change its shape according to flight conditions has been made from a lattice of small, lightweight components. This morphing ability could allow for more ...

Photography was revolutionized when chemicals on paper were replaced by digital pixels on a screen. Now NASA has shown it is possible to digitize the structure of an aircraft and produce a complete ...

A new type of airplane wing assembled like a jigsaw puzzle could make for lighter, more efficient aircraft. NASA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers tested the wing design in a NASA ...