Feathers to factories: New owl-inspired aerogel cuts car engine noise by 58% Owls are silent flyers because their feathers and soft skin naturally dampen sound. Updated: Jun 24, 2025 03:38 AM EST ...

If you’ve seen an owl fly, you probably didn’t hear a thing. That’s because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise. Inspired by this natural ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Owl-Inspired Coupled Structure Nanofiber-Based Aerogels for Broadband Noise Reduction” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces If you’ve seen an owl fly, you probably didn’t hear a ...

If you’ve seen an owl fly, you probably didn’t hear a thing. That’s because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise. Inspired by this natural ...

Macrame is an ancient art form that uses knotting techniques to create beautiful and intricate designs, and today, we’re diving into two fantastic projects that you can easily make at home ...

Risavaxin ugla breiðir út vængina sína í loftinu. Mynd frá Pexels. Perhaps one of the most remarkable adaptations of owls is their ability to fly in near-complete silence. This stealth capability is ...

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has approved Teal-Jones' interim sale of a Fraser Valley forest licence, leaving endangered spotted owl habitat open to logging before the province consults First Nations ...

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has approved Teal-Jones' interim sale of a Fraser Valley forest licence, leaving endangered spotted owl habitat open to logging before the province consults First Nations ...

Canada’s last northern spotted owl, dubbed skelúle? after the name of the species in the Nlaka’pamux language, was last seen in 2022 in her Fraser Canyon territory. The owl is the most endangered bird ...

Of that, 41 per cent — about 83,000 hectares of unprotected spotted owl territory — is contained in forest licence A19201, according to mapping from the non-profit Wilderness Committee.

The licence transfer would double Western Canadian Timber Products’ core operating area. | Submitted The prospect of such a major transfer of logging rights in critical spotted owl habitat worries Joe ...