The first of the two patents, both of which were first brought to wider attention by CarBuzz, indicated that using a turbine as a steady-state generator could be considerably more efficient than what ...

We've all thought about what would happen when you pour jet fuel into a diesel engine. Will it work or lead to immediate catastrophic failure, perhaps even an explosion? Planes are among the most ...

While the majority of designs for flying cars have looked a littley clunky, a pair of Californain designers have revealed a 'stealth' car that even Batman would be proud of. Called the GF7, the matt ...

All jet engines work on the same principle. The engine sucks air in at the front via a fan. A compressor, made of spinning blades inside the main shaft of the engine, then raises the pressure of this ...

It even had an early forebearer of today’s adaptive cruise control A BIZARRE motor that was inspired by rocket designs from NASA even had two large jet-style ‘engines’ on each side. The ...

Science presenter Rani Price meets two scientists involved in developing a new type of jet engine that could power commercial space flights. The engine is being developed by British scientists and ...