A new type of airplane wing assembled like a jigsaw puzzle could make for lighter, more efficient aircraft. NASA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers tested the wing design in a NASA ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s ...

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NASA has created a lightweight shape-shifting metal that could be used to fold aircraft wings–which would allow planes to transform their wings for take-off, landing, and cruising, reducing drag, and ...