The creators of Climate Impulse have unveiled the progress they have made on the design and building of the experimental, ...

Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 ...

The team at [Bearospace Industries] has been working on the challenge for the while, and their Solar Dragon aircraft recently had a very successful test flight, producing about 50% more power than ...

Aviation Technology - Bertrand Piccard’s Climate Impulse and the Power of Liquid Hydrogen Bertrand Piccard, a name synonymous ...

Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s ...

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered aircraft, etched a milestone in green aviation in 2016, by successfully voyaging around the world. Bertrand Piccard, co-founder and pilot of Solar Impulse 2 ...

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute has conducted a high-altitude test flight of solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle EAV-3, which features a lithium-sulfur battery from Korean manufacturer LG ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

First unveiled to the public in April, the solar-powered craft is set to attempt an around-the-world flight next year. The Solar Impulse 2 took 50 engineers, 80 technological partners, and 100 ...

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is ...