Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the deepest divers in the ocean, ...reports the successful tagging of sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexicos Pacific coastthe first time that electronic tracking devices hav...CESAR could hail cheaper and greener small aircraft
.... In comparison to the latest breed of high-tech jumbo jets, which feature advanced electrical systems, small passenger aircraft tend to use control systems that have not seen any significant technical advance for a number of years. Dr Nigel Schofield and a small team of researchers will concentrate on...Scientists find that the human nose is more complicated than a jumbo jet
...he human nose is more complicated than that over a jumbo jet's wing. The scientists at Imperial College London have combined biological mechanics and aeronautical engineering to construct transparent 3D models of the nose. By running water or a special refractive-index-matched fluid through the models they...