A massive electrical storm swept in to south-western Victoria at midnight. It felt like the prophecy of a day of catastrophe ...

After months of speculation over the trajectory of Egyptian-US relations, fueled by persistent talk of strain and an ...

When your car starts making a metallic knocking sound under the hood, you'd assume it could only be one thing: the engine. However, there are two common culprits, and they're definitely not the same.

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Like much in life, the difference between detonation and pre-ignition, and their effects, comes down to timing. Both refer to a situation when an engine's fuel/air mixture combusts at the wrong time, ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human ...

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A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...

The Milltown Dam, a hydroelectric facility made of timber, stone, concrete and brick, was completed in January 1908 at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot. A flood six months later washed ...

COLORADO SPRINGS–Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right. In the five short years since ...