Flight

Fight or flight response may originate in our bones

A new study suggests that the main coordinator of the body’s fight-or-flight response is a hormone called osteocalcin, which is secreted by bone. Source link

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Towards autonomy: A recommender system for the determination of trim and flight parameters for Seagliders

Anderlini, E; Harris, C; Phillips, AB; Lorenzo Lopez, A; Woo, M; Thomas, G; (2019) Towards autonomy: A recommender system for the determination of trim and flight parameters for Seagliders. Ocean...

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Effects of natural wing damage on flight performance in Morpho butterflies: what can it tell us about wing shape evolution? [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Camille Le Roy, Raphaël Cornette, Violaine Llaurens, and Vincent Debat Flying insects frequently experience wing damage during their life. Such irreversible alterations of wing shape affect flight performance and ultimately...

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The Health Risks of Being a Flight Attendant

Being a flight attendant is one of the most wanted professions in the world. The association with elegance, confidence, and reliability make it unique – a job to be proud...

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Israeli Flight Attendant Dies of Measles

Like many people her age worldwide, Amitai was vaccinated against measles as a child but received only one dose of the vaccine, CNN reported. Source link

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Using Epidemiology, Pediatric Medical Director and Peer Review to Inform Quality Improvement and Education in a Regional Adult and Pediatric Trauma Based Flight Program

Using Epidemiology, Pediatric Medical Director and Peer Review to Inform Quality Improvement and Education in a Regional Adult and Pediatric Trauma Based Flight Program Source link

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Effects of natural wing damage on flight performance in Morpho butterflies: what can it tell us about wing shape evolution? [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Camille Le Roy, Raphaël Cornette, Violaine Llaurens, and Vincent DebatFlying insects frequently experience wing damage during their life. Such irreversible alterations of wing shape affect flight performance and ultimately fitness....

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Take flight! Automating complex design of universal controller for hybrid drones

Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are drones that combine the advantages of multi-copters and fixed-wing planes. These drones are equipped to vertically take off and land like multi-copters, yet...

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SERCA boosted in chilly chicks flight muscle for warmth [INSIDE JEB]

Kathryn Knight Source link

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The role of lateral optic flow cues in hawkmoth flight control [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Anna Stöckl, Rebecca Grittner, and Keram Pfeiffer Flying animals require sensory feedback on changes of their body position, as well as on their distance from nearby objects. The apparent image...

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Constraints on the ultrahigh-energy cosmic neutrino flux from the fourth flight of ANITA

Gorham, PW; Allison, P; Banerjee, O; Batten, L; Beatty, JJ; Belov, K; Besson, DZ; ... Wissel, SA; + view all Gorham, PW; Allison, P; Banerjee, O; Batten, L; Beatty, JJ;...

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Dandelion Flight And The Uplifting Science Behind It

New research finally reveals the science and physics behind dandelion flight. Source link

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The Flight of the Dandelion

The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) comes with a collection of traits that make it a very successful weed. Nearly everything about it screams success, from its asexually produced seeds to...

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The role of lateral optic flow cues in hawkmoth flight control [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Anna Stöckl, Rebecca Grittner, and Keram PfeifferFlying animals require sensory feedback on changes of their body position, as well as on their distance to nearby objects. The apparent image motion,...

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Avian surface reconstruction in free flight with application to flight stability analysis of a barn owl and peregrine falcon [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Nicholas E. Durston, Xue Wan, Jian G. Liu, and Shane P. Windsor Birds primarily create and control the forces necessary for flight through changing the shape and orientation of their...

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Unearthed Bat-Like Fossil Reveals Dinosaurs Experimented With Flight

[ad_1] A perfectly preserved fossil of a small dinosaur has recently been discovered in China, proving that dinosaurs first experimented with flight using bat-like wings. Source link [ad_2]

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Parasitic gut infection in Libellula pulchella causes functional and molecular resemblance of dragonfly flight muscle to skeletal muscle of obese vertebrates [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Rudolf J. Schilder and Hannah Stewart We previously demonstrated the existence of a naturally occurring metabolic disease phenotype in Libellula pulchella dragonflies that shows high similarity to vertebrate obesity and...

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Flight muscle protein damage during endurance flight is related to energy expenditure but not dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids in a migratory bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Morag F. Dick and Christopher G. Guglielmo Migration poses many physiological challenges for birds, including sustaining high intensity aerobic exercise for hours or days. A consequence of endurance flight is...

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Speed control and force-vectoring of bluebottle flies in a magnetically levitated flight mill [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

[ad_1] Shih-Jung Hsu, Neel Thakur, and Bo Cheng Flies fly at a broad range of speeds and produce sophisticated aerial maneuvers with precisely controlled wing movements. Remarkably, only subtle changes...

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In Flight Medical Emergencies: This Doctor Is Now Ready To Heed The Call

[ad_1] In a previous post the skeptical cardiologist wrote about the reluctance  of doctors to “heed the call” , i.e., to respond to an in-flight medical emergency (IME) when the...

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