Airplane engine innovation trends
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Framfarir
A new prototype device uses microwaves to generate plasma, showing howfuture jet engines could propel planes using just air and electricity.
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Vinsælt vélvirki
Wait, could electric microwave plasma thrusters really replace jet engines? Scientists just demonstrated a promising prototype—with a catch.
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RT
Scientists in Wuhan, China claim to have created a carbon-neutral prototype jet engine which could one day allow for a new era in fossil-fuel free manned flight.
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New Atlas
A Florida team working with the US Air Force says that it's built and tested an experimental model of a rotating detonation rocket engine, which uses a spinning series of chaotic explosions inside a ring channel to create super-efficient thrust.
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USA Today
Boeing ætlar að fækka um 900 skoðunarstörfum, með því að nota tækniafleysingar í verksmiðjum sínum á Seattle-svæðinu, þrátt fyrir uppnám vegna 737 Max.
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Framtíð BBC
The flight shame movement is about feeling accountable for your carbon footprint - but it is also about rediscovering the joy of slow travel, writes Jocelyn Timperley.
