Ice crystal accretion and icing in turbofan engines present a significant challenge to aviation safety and engine performance worldwide. The phenomenon occurs when high-altitude glaciated particles, ...

Winter Storm brings deicing into focus: that truck sprays glycol-based fluid that strips ice and prevents refreeze before ...

With icing still a prevalent threat to air transport, a European-funded project has been exploring hybrid detection of ice build-up through a combination of new sensor technology and analysis of ...

NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory has been seen recently off the NC coast, hunting microscopic ice that can build up in aircraft engines causing failures. An eagle-eyed viewer spotted a NASA plane off ...

Ice detection technology developed by researchers at the University of Toronto could speed up the de-icing process for ...

A staff of Japan Airlines' (JAL) walks past one of the company's Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner plane at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, November 11, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai ...

On hand to sign the renewal agreement Thursday at the NRC offices in Ottawa, Ontario, were Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington, and ...

Researchers at the University of York have found a low-cost yet highly effective way to improve the performance of anti-icing fluids used for aircraft. Low-molecular-weight-gelators (LMWGs) – ...

Tiny molecules already used to thicken everyday products like lotions and adhesives may soon help keep aircraft safe in icy conditions. These molecules, known as low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs), ...

SEATTLE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing advised airlines on Friday about a risk of engine icing problems on its new 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner planes with engines made by General Electric , urging 15 carriers ...