Cast iron and aluminum alloy have long been the most common materials for blocks, pistons, cylinder heads, and other major components inside an engine. Nissan filed a patent a couple of years back for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- More powerful and more durable diesel, aircraft and gas-turbine engines may rev up soon, says a Purdue University engineer who is investigating using ceramics to protect engine ...

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — For nearly three decades Krishan Luthra stubbornly labored away in a General Electric research lab on a long-shot effort to cook up a new type of ceramic that few consumers will ever ...

A flexible ceramic has properties similar to metal. It's tougher than the latter, but you can flex it like no other. A new study from a group of Chinese scientists suggests that it can revolutionize a ...

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (“AVEC”) (PINKSHEETS: AXVC ) is set to unveil its new, lightweight, partially ceramic 30hp heavy fuel UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) engine at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems ...

There was never a better time for space exploration enthusiasts to be alive. No matter the nation one was born into, few can deny that what the American people and the organizations born here are ...