Every few thousand miles, we pull into a shop, wait our turn, and let a technician drain and replace the golden liquid that keeps our cars running. Jet engines, however, operate on a completely ...
Researchers from China’s Institute of Engineering Thermophysics have reportedly built and tested a new “adaptive cycle engine” (ACE). This is a type of next-generation jet engine that can change how ...
In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...