We might never see big passenger airplanes being solar powered, but there's all kinds of other cool stuff that can be done with this technology. (treehugger.com)
The maker of the biggest passenger airplane is taking on a different kind of challenge: traffic jams. (cnbc.com)
In a new study, Adrian Bejan, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University, shows that a law of physics he penned more than two decades ago helps explain the evolution of passenger airplanes from the small, propeller - driven DC - 3s of yore to today's behemoth Boeing 787s. (sciencedaily.com)