You may soon drive to an airport, then fly home. Alef Aeronautics announced formal agreements with Half Moon Bay and Hollister airports to begin test operations of a road-legal, vertical-takeoff ...

China just unveiled a terrifying new technology — a microdrone the size of a mosquito. About 2 cm long and weighing just 0.3 grams, the insect-inspired device features two tiny wings and three spindly ...

California startup Alef Aeronautics has released "the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered)," as CEO Jim Dukhovny wrote in a social ...

Anxiety about flying is common during the best of times: Research suggests up to 40% of people worldwide have some degree of aerophobia. Add a string of recent plane crashes and other horrifying ...

Senior author Patrick Mercier (left), a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and first author Zixiao Lin, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student, both of UC San Diego, ...

An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Using ...

Flying is statistically the safest mode of transportation, especially on U.S. commercial airlines. The aviation industry prioritizes safety and continuously learns from past incidents to improve ...

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Fear of flying affects more than 25 million Americans. If you are among them, these tools and expert tips could help make your next plane ride easier. By Lisa McCarty More than 25 million Americans ...

The chance to soar over traffic in some of the world’s great metropolises sounds like a vision of the future that’s been a long while coming. And now, that vision is about to become reality in major ...