World’s first exascale supercomputer shows how worn turbine blades drain jet engine power

Scientists have used the Frontier supercomputer to find how microscopic turbine blade damage cuts jet engine efficiency and ...

From stellar engines to Dyson bubbles, alien megastructures could hold themselves together under the right conditions

New theoretical models have strengthened the case that immense, energy-harvesting structures orbiting their host stars could ...
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Orion’s heat shield debate forces a new kind of moon-ride calculation

In deep-space travel, sometimes the most important “hardware” is a few inches of material that only matters for minutes. The Artemis II mission will orbit four astronauts around the Moon and return ...
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The big problem with synthetic fuels

Can synthetic fuels save combustion engines for the future? eFuel explained. As the automotive industry seeks out cleaner ...

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Drivers Say GM Fixed Their V8s, But The Engines Still Died

The government is investigating dozens of new complaints about L87 V8s failing after a recall fix was supposed to resolve the ...
PC World

‘AI’ data centers are so power-hungry, they’re now using old jet engines

“AI” needs a lot of computing resources, which is why new data centers are cropping up anywhere there’s cheap land. But powering all those hungry servers takes a lot of energy, and overburdened power ...
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If Your Diesel Engine Feels Sluggish Under Load, This Might Be Why

Ddiesel engines have their benefits, it's just that quick acceleration isn't one of them. They're limited in rpm compared to gas engines, due to factors like their higher compression ratios, and that ...
Live Science

Zapping the brain may help boost math skills, study hints

A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain. When you ...
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The Biggest Problem With Kia & Hyundai's Theta II Engines

There have been times when carmakers went all out with an engine but lost, often with catastrophic consequences. For instance, the EcoBoost was once touted as the future of Ford engines but now is ...
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Damaged engines didn't affect Palisades firefight. But they point to a larger problem

Firefighters prepare to hit more hot spots along Radcliffe Avenue in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 8. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire ...
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Damaged engines didn’t affect Palisades firefight. But they point to a larger problem

After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 ...