While the engines in propeller-powered aircraft generally achieve their maximum efficiency at much lower speeds and altitudes, jet engines achieve maximum efficiency at speeds close to or even well above the speed of sound. Check out this spectacular landing in NYC's JFK Airport.

The Boeing 747 revolutionized long-range flight. Boeing engineer and designer of the wings for the new 747-8 discusses how innovation resulted in the best fuel efficiency of any large passenger airplane in the sky today.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE — French aircraft maker Airbus has come up with a new way to shave off turnaround time between flights — detachable cargo compartments. The U.S. patent designs released detail removable cabins, which could be swapped in and out of an aircraft to increase efficiency for boarding pass

This is a time lapse video of a 15 story hotel that was constructed in less than a week. The builder claims it has been built to resist a 9 level earthquake. In an amazing feat of productivity, a construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed the Ark Hotel.

Sentinel is a space-based infrared (IR) survey mission to discover and catalog 90 percent of the asteroids larger than 140 meters in Earth’s region of the solar system. The mission should also discover a significant number of smaller asteroids down to a diameter of 30 meters. Sentinel will be launch

From smart houses to self-driving cars, the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are virtually limitless. The construction industry is by no means immune to these developments. It’s an incredibly exciting time for our sector as numerous pioneers and research teams develop robot