A clever application of perception-altering technology, enabled by genetic manipulations, provides insight into how fruit flies follow tendrils of airborne odour plumes to localize the source of ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather vane to ...

Rats use information from their whiskers to localize an airflow source, new research has shown. This discovery could pave the way for the design of novel airflow measurement devices that imitate these ...

Pinwheel (If you do not have a pinwheel, you can make a homemade one using a sheet of paper, a pencil or pen, a round wooden skewer and scissors—see steps below.) If you're enjoying this article, ...

Around a year ago, a pair of Google researchers visualized the wind patterns throughout the United States. The interactive map was gorgeous, with wispy white lines swirling around the country in real ...

Researchers from Portland State University claim to have developed a method of raising solar plant energy yield around 5% while reducing panel degradation by more than 0.3% per year The academics have ...

Lake-effect snow dumps localized areas of very heavy snow. The wind direction makes all the difference between a light shoveling and a big dig out at any on spot. Here is how each wind direction ...

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