Greener aircraft on horizon, says NASA

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Funding round rewards four next-generation projects, including MIT's "double bubble" aircraft design

NASA has awarded $16.5m in contracts for the development of technologies that could make air travel significantly greener over the next two decades. The agency split the money between four research teams...

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