The instant adjustments of a barn owl’s wings in response to gusts of wind could have a major influence on the future design of small-scale aircraft, according to new research by British ...

There have been previous studies of owl wings and silent flight. The U.S. military has also looked at owl flight for ideas for stealth aircraft. But, Sharma said few have taken a high-powered ...

Wind turbines, helicopters, and other devices that use rotors have a big noise problem, but the solution may come from the wings of the owl, which allows the nocturnal hunting bird to fly almost ...

An owl glides by on silent wings. Many holiday travelers probably wish airplanes could do the same. "On airplanes, the back edge of the wing is where you get most of the noise," Justin Jaworski, a ...

Owls produce negligible noise while flying. While many studies have linked the micro-fringes in owl wings to their silent flight, the exact mechanisms have been unclear. Now, a team of researchers ...