Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists created an engine made of only silica particles suspended an electric field, and cranked temperatures up high enough to rival the Sun’s ...

Beijing (SCMP): Particle beams – streams of atoms or subatomic particles accelerated to nearly the speed of light – have been the holy grail of space warfare. The idea is simple: fire a tightly ...

China recently built a space-based power system prototype for a potential satellite-based particle beam weaponry, the South China Morning Post reported Saturday. The idea of particle beams is simple: ...

DARPA will kick off development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine with a 15-month project worth up to $40 million to define the architecture and set the conceptual design, the agency said Sept.

Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their size, the very thing that makes them so alien. We’re typically ...

Boeing’s earlier plan for redesigning the 737 Max’s engine anti-ice system ended up not working out. That is why company engineers missed Boeing’s initial goal of having the design changes finalised ...

Your engine doesn't enjoy oil starvation. Sure, you could run dangerously low on oil and get away with it, but don't count on it. Let the oil flow, friends, whether your vehicle has a normal wet sump ...

Images of the proposed platform released by airframers indicate that the partners appear to agree on the need for an adaptive- or variable-cycle engine. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space The ...

The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...