Flight – Newsemia

Flight activity and glycogen depletion on a low-carbohydrate diet [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

NewsemiaAugust 2, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 2, 202000

Hugh S. Winwood-Smith, Craig R. White, and Craig E. Franklin Glycogen is a critical store for locomotion. Depleted glycogen stores are associated with increased fatigue...

Biology

Wind and obstacle motion affect honeybee flight strategies in cluttered environments [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaAugust 1, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 1, 202000

Nicholas P. Burnett, Marc A. Badger, and Stacey A. Combes Bees often forage in habitats with cluttered vegetation and unpredictable winds. Navigating obstacles in wind...

Biology

SwRI, UTSA researchers work to better understand hypersonic flight environments

NewsemiaJuly 28, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 28, 202000

Project will utilize laser-induced fluorescence to determine the air flow patterns and chemical breakdown of the air surrounding hypersonic objects Credit: Christopher Combs/UTSA SAN ANTONIO...

Biology

Gain and Loss of Flight as a Tool to Search for Import Factors in Longevity

NewsemiaJuly 19, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 19, 202000

The capacity for flight is frequently associated with greater species longevity, such as in bats, for example. The present consensus suggests that the cellular adaptations...

Biology

Host plant defense produces species specific alterations to flight muscle protein structure and flight-related fitness traits of two armyworms [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaJuly 10, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 10, 202000

Scott L. Portman, Gary W. Felton, Rupesh R. Kariyat, and James H. Marden Insects manifest phenotypic plasticity in their development and behavior in response to...

Biology

Mechanisms and consequences of flight polyphenisms in an outbreaking bark beetle species [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaJune 29, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 29, 202000

Kelsey L. Jones, Rahmatollah Rajabzadeh, Guncha Ishangulyyeva, Nadir Erbilgin, and Maya L. Evenden Flight polyphenisms naturally occur as discrete or continuous traits in insects. Discrete...

Biology

Wind and obstacle motion affect honeybee flight strategies in cluttered environments [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaJune 20, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 20, 202000

Nicholas P. Burnett, Marc A. Badger, and Stacey A. Combes Bees often forage in habitats with cluttered vegetation and unpredictable winds. Navigating obstacles in wind...

Biology

Retinal slip compensation of pitch-constrained blue bottle flies flying in a flight mill [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

NewsemiaJune 14, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 14, 2020011

Shih-Jung Hsu and Bo Cheng In the presence of wind or background image motion, flies are able to maintain a constant retinal slip velocity by...

Biology

Floral vibrations by buzz-pollinating bees achieve higher frequency, velocity and acceleration than flight and defence vibrations [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaJune 14, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 14, 2020020

David J. Pritchard and Mario Vallejo-Marin Vibrations play an important role in insect behaviour. In bees, vibrations are used in a variety of contexts including...

Biology

Flight activity and glycogen depletion on a low-carbohydrate diet [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

NewsemiaJune 13, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 13, 2020016

Hugh S. Winwood-Smith, Craig R. White, and Craig E. Franklin Glycogen is a critical store for locomotion. Depleted glycogen stores are associated with increased fatigue...

Cognitive engineering and the rationalisation of the flight strip

NewsemiaJune 5, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 5, 2020020

Dowell, John; (1993) Cognitive engineering and the rationalisation of the flight strip. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). Green open access Source link...

Sleepiness On The Flight Deck: Reported Rates Of Occurrence And Predicted Fatigue Risk Exposure Associated With UK Airline Pilot Work Schedules

NewsemiaJune 1, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 1, 202004

Coombes, C; Whale, A; Rob, H; Christie, N; (2020) Sleepiness On The Flight Deck: Reported Rates Of Occurrence And Predicted Fatigue Risk Exposure Associated With...

Biology

Fly eyes are not still: a motion illusion in Drosophila flight supports parallel visual processing [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMay 29, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 29, 2020013

Wael Salem, Benjamin Cellini, Mark A. Frye, and Jean-Michel Mongeau Most animals shift gaze by a ‘fixate and saccade’ strategy, where the fixation phase stabilizes...

Biology

Mechanisms and consequences of flight polyphenisms in an outbreaking bark beetle species [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMay 23, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 23, 202007

Kelsey L. Jones, Rahmatollah Rajabzadeh, Guncha Ishangulyyeva, Nadir Erbilgin, and Maya L. Evenden Flight polyphenisms naturally occur as discrete or continuous traits in insects. Discrete...

Biology

Floral vibrations by buzz-pollinating bees achieve higher frequency, velocity and acceleration than flight and defence vibrations [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMay 23, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 23, 2020033

David J. Pritchard and Mario Vallejo-Marin Vibrations play an important role in insect behaviour. In bees, vibrations are used in a variety of contexts including...

Biology

Retinal slip compensation of pitch-constrained blue-bottle flies flying in a flight mill [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

NewsemiaMay 22, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 22, 2020035

Shih-Jung Hsu and Bo Cheng In the presence of wind or background image motion, flies are able to maintain a constant retinal slip velocity via...

Biology

Fly eyes are not still: a motion illusion in Drosophila flight supports parallel visual processing [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaApril 23, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 23, 2020029

Wael Salem, Benjamin Cellini, Mark A. Frye, and Jean-Michel Mongeau Most animals shift gaze by a ‘fixate and saccade’ strategy, where the fixation phase stabilizes...

AI/ML

Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight

NewsemiaApril 15, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 15, 2020010

Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight Source link...

AI/ML

Covid-19 virus creates world's longest passenger flight

NewsemiaMarch 18, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 18, 2020019

Covid-19 virus creates world’s longest passenger flight Source link...

AI/ML

On Initializing Airline Crew Pairing Optimization for Large-scale Complex Flight Networks. (arXiv:2003.06423v1 [cs.AI])

NewsemiaMarch 17, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 17, 2020041

Crew pairing optimization (CPO) is critically important for any airline, since its crew operating costs are second-largest, next to the fuel-cost. CPO aims at generating...

Newsemia

Tag: Flight

Flight activity and glycogen depletion on a low-carbohydrate diet [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

Wind and obstacle motion affect honeybee flight strategies in cluttered environments [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

SwRI, UTSA researchers work to better understand hypersonic flight environments

Gain and Loss of Flight as a Tool to Search for Import Factors in Longevity

Host plant defense produces species specific alterations to flight muscle protein structure and flight-related fitness traits of two armyworms [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Mechanisms and consequences of flight polyphenisms in an outbreaking bark beetle species [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Wind and obstacle motion affect honeybee flight strategies in cluttered environments [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Retinal slip compensation of pitch-constrained blue bottle flies flying in a flight mill [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

Floral vibrations by buzz-pollinating bees achieve higher frequency, velocity and acceleration than flight and defence vibrations [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Flight activity and glycogen depletion on a low-carbohydrate diet [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

Cognitive engineering and the rationalisation of the flight strip

Sleepiness On The Flight Deck: Reported Rates Of Occurrence And Predicted Fatigue Risk Exposure Associated With UK Airline Pilot Work Schedules

Fly eyes are not still: a motion illusion in Drosophila flight supports parallel visual processing [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Mechanisms and consequences of flight polyphenisms in an outbreaking bark beetle species [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Floral vibrations by buzz-pollinating bees achieve higher frequency, velocity and acceleration than flight and defence vibrations [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Retinal slip compensation of pitch-constrained blue-bottle flies flying in a flight mill [SHORT COMMUNICATION]

Fly eyes are not still: a motion illusion in Drosophila flight supports parallel visual processing [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight

Covid-19 virus creates world's longest passenger flight

On Initializing Airline Crew Pairing Optimization for Large-scale Complex Flight Networks. (arXiv:2003.06423v1 [cs.AI])

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