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A parrotlet named Obie is outfitted with protective goggles during Office of Naval Research-sponsored testing at California’s Stanford University, April 18, 2017. Researchers there recently found a new way to precisely measure the vortices created by birds' wings during flight. The results shed greater light on how these creatures produce enough lift to fly -- and challenge the accuracy of three aerodynamics models long used to predict animal flight. Navy photo courtesy of Lentink Lab, Stanford University

ONR and Stanford University Study Birds' Wings During Flight

A parrotlet named Obie is outfitted with protective goggles during Office of Naval Research-sponsored testing at California’s Stanford University, April 18, 2017. Researchers there recently found a new way to precisely measure the vortices created by birds' wings during flight. The results shed greater light on how these creatures produce enough lift to fly -- and challenge the accuracy of three aerodynamics models long used to predict animal flight. Navy photo courtesy of Lentink Lab, Stanford University

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