As the automotive industry evolves, one engine layout is making a surprising resurgence. But what benefits does this ...

ATLANTA — The future of space travel just got a boost thanks to one Georgia Tech undergraduate student. Dalton Luedke is a third-year aerospace engineering student at Tech, and also part of the NASA ...

Automobile engine designs with W-configurations and double-digit cylinder-counts rank among the most complicated car engines ever made. While other automakers have more-or-less accomplished combining ...

The term Atkinson cycle goes around a lot when talking about automotive engines. What does it mean? When did cars start using these engines?

In the minds of the majority of individuals when aircraft engines are considered, an image of either revolving propellers or ...

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is working on one engine design to power the service’s highly secret new fighter jet—no matter which company builds the plane. The future engine, called Next Generation ...

Intake, compression, power, then exhaust. Every 4-stroke engine ever made – about 80% of all engines currently in existence – function on this principle – even rotary engines. But now, Porsche has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interestingly, the rocket engine was created entirely by an advanced artificial intelligence system. LEAP 71’s “Noyron,” a ...

For more than 100 years, the internal combustion engine (ICE) has been the mechanism of choice for vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Across all configurations, the principle is the same: a mix of fuel ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...