Water is so common that we take it for granted. Yet water also has very strange properties compared to most other liquids. In addition to ordinary water and water vapor, or steam, there are at least ...

Washington, DC--Water makes up more than 70 percent of our planet and up to 60 percent of our bodies. Water is so common that we take it for granted. Yet water also has very strange properties ...

Something that all regular fliers will be familiar with in the pre-flight safety announcement is what to do with the oxygen masks. "To start the flow of oxygen pull the mask gently towards you." ...

Without question, the rapid decompression of the Qantas Boeing 747 that landed in Manila on July 25 was bizarre. Fortunately, large gashes do not often appear in passenger jets. When they do, they ...

YUMA, Ariz. – A Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to California made an emergency landing at a Yuma military base Friday after a sudden drop in cabin pressure, federal officials said. The ...

Jeppesen has completed a successful rapid decompression test of a third-generation iPad, verifying its integrity in the event of sudden cabin pressure loss. The test, completed to an altitude of ...

Move over, Gulf War Gameboy - there's a new piece of indestructible technology on the block. On Friday, Alaska Airlines Flight 182 suffered a potentially catastrophic explosive decompression event as ...

The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory's Airworthiness Certification and Evaluation Division is the U.S. Army's center of excellence for providing a joint test, evaluation, and certification ...