Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of ...

In the minds of the majority of individuals when aircraft engines are considered, an image of either revolving propellers or ...

That's because a ramjet operates on a different principle from a conventional jet engine. The kind of engines that power an airliner uses a series of fans and turbine impellers to draw in air and ...

The test offers fresh evidence that hydrogen can power aircraft in real conditions, putting China among the leaders exploring ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

It is easy to admire an aircraft in flight, gliding across the sky, but far harder to imagine the furnace within—jet engines, ...