«In our work, we uncover the flightmechanism of a parachuting dandelion fruit, and reveal a new type of vortex, responsible for its flight capacity,» Cummins said.
«Our work introduces a design scheme to mimic the key flightmechanisms of biological bats,» said Chung, who is also a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA.