Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are hormone-like substances that can have undesirable effects on health. For example, chemicals can increase the risk of breast cancer if they act in a manner similar to the ...

Following successful in-flight tests of a shape-changing wing, two teams have been funded to demonstrate aggressive manoeuvring using fast morphing. Unmanned air vehicles built by Lockheed Martin and ...

The centre is part of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). With the help of microscopy and artificial intelligence, the "E-Morph" test reliably identifies substances that can have ...

NASA has completed the initial flight test phase of a new morphing wing technology, Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE), on a Gulfstream III jet. This innovative technology aims to significantly ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has revealed further details of its morphing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) development programme, including one that can be launched from a Trident submarine. The morphing ...

Face morphing attacks pose a critical security threat to biometric systems by blending features of two individuals into a single synthetic image that can be falsely accepted by facial recognition ...

A version of this article appears in the September 22 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. From earliest times, humans have watched birds and been inspired to fly. Yet while aircraft designers ...

Two prototypes of a wing that changes shape radically in flight will undergo structural and aerodynamic testing in July and August by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa). These ...