Imperial College Aeronautics Flow Control

10/03/2015

Solar-powered plane launch success! An attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31791796

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi following a successful launch.

21/10/2014

Open Access Week to the Royal Society Publishing content!

Happy Open Access Week! To celebrate Open Access Week all Royal Society Publishing content – from 1665 to current – is free to access until Sunday 26 October. Visit Royal Society Publishing's website here: http://t.co/UreorMM4QA.

As usual, you can access all of our open access content here: http://bit.ly/RSPuOA.

19/10/2014

Going to space isn't the only way to research microgravity. Rollercoaster science: top 5 ESA experiments conducted on the Airbus A300 gravity plane. From exploding bubbles to walking on Mars. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Highlights/Rollercoaster_science

19/10/2014

Congratulations to the graduates!

The countdown has begun and in less than a week we will be watching the newest members of our alumni family graduate. Will any of our alumni be in the audience at the Royal Albert Hall as proud parents of a new generation of Imperial alumni?

16/10/2014

Schwarzes Loch. Das Auge von Supertaifun Vongfong hat einen Durchmesser von 80 km.

The eye of Super Typhoon Vongfong is 80 km across. Looks very dark in there.

10/10/2014

Want to cover ’s Flight Test on Dec. 4? Apply for a credential today: http://go.nasa.gov/1yHF5pe

10/10/2014

AMAZING!

07/10/2014

Very interesting, especially considering that sound waves are often used in flow control.

Sounds we don't hear could still affect our ears.

Until now the accepted perception has been that what we can’t hear doesn’t hurt us, but a study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals that this perception might be wrong.

Intense low-frequency sounds, with frequencies below 250 Hz, might be beyond the limits of human hearing but could still be affecting our ears. Read more: http://ow.ly/Cfw7D.

Image by Travis Isaacs licensed under CCBY2.0.

07/10/2014

03/10/2014

In this manuscript Isaac Newton described how to make excellent ink using his own recipe of half a pound of oak galls, a quarter pound of gum arabick and a quart of strong beer or ale. He wrote the last line with satisfaction: "with this ink new made I wrote this".

Historian Sarah Dry delivers a sparkling history of science lecture chronicling 'The private life of Isaac Newton' and the 10 million written words left unseen after his death. Download and listen to the new audio recording: http://ow.ly/Cf6h2.

Image © Cambridge University Library | Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY-NC 3.0).

27/09/2014

Very good news for everybody who is interested in reading about science

Today we launch Royal Society Open Science, our new open-access journal making articles free for everyone to read and comment on the research: http://ow.ly/BR9C9.

Royal Society Open Science is a major new step for our journals supporting transparency in science and allowing the scientific community to assess the importance of articles. Papers will be published on an open-access basis, along with open data and, where possible, open peer-review information. It's also our first journal to cover the entire range of science, engineering and mathematics.

Royal Society Open Science launches with three articles. You can read the papers online and leave your comments about the research here: http://ow.ly/BR9C9.

27/09/2014