A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone ...

Leonardo da Vinci approached the world with a fearless ambition to expand his mind. However, as an illegitimate son, he was unable to receive a classical education. Fortunately, Leonardo saw this ...

But there's new hope for quieter skies overhead. A research team led by Rajat Mittal, a Johns Hopkins professor of mechanical engineering, believes a device invented by Leonardo da Vinci more than 500 ...

Leonardo da Vinci approached the world with a fearless ambition to expand his mind. However, as an illegitimate son, he was unable to receive a classical education. Fortunately, Leonardo saw this ...

I realized with Leonardo da Vinci, he’s the perfect kind of foil for that because here I am making a film about him 500 years after he lived, and we still talk about him.

Leonardo da Vinci is best known for works like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but what you might not know is that in the 1480s—hundreds of years before the first flight—the polymath ...

Starz has revealed the official key art for Da Vinci's Demons, its upcoming original series based on the secret life of Leonardo da Vinci. The image features Tom Riley's Da Vinci with a sketch of ...

Leonardo da Vinci: science in art. ... This component delays the drying of the paint leading to a less focused, hazy effect that imparts an aerial perspective and sense of distance to the landscape ...

Leonardo da Vinci was arguably the greatest genius of all time. A brilliant artist, he was also a disciplined and extremely inquisitive scientist and inventor. Some of his visionary insights were 4… ...

Leonardo's aerial screws actually can work when built with modern materials, University of Maryland engineers find with a drone called Crimson Spin. This drone flies using da Vinci's 530-year-old ...

A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone rotors to generate the same lift, and make less noise too ...