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==== Solid-state propulsion ==== In 2018, researchers at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) managed to fly an aeroplane with no moving parts, powered by an "[[ion]]ic wind" also known as electroaerodynamic thrust.<ref>{{cite news<!--|authors=Haofeng Xu, Yiou He, Kieran L. Strobel, Christopher K. Gilmore, Sean P. Kelley, Cooper C. Hennick, Thomas Sebastian, Mark R. Woolston, David J. Perreault & Steven R. H. Barrett-->|author=Haofeng Xu|display-authors=etal|title=Flight of an aeroplane with solid-state propulsion|publisher=Nature|year=2018|volume=563|pages=532β535|doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0707-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jennifer Chu |url=http://news.mit.edu/2018/first-ionic-wind-plane-no-moving-parts-1121 |title=MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts |website=MIT News |date=21 November 2018 }}</ref>
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