A team of New York University scientists has created a gear mechanism that relies on fluids to generate rotation. The ...

Scientists at New York University and NYU Shanghai have developed a new kind of gear that works without teeth or direct ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a gentle, contact-free method to collect liquids and remove them ...

For two centuries, students have learned that heat flows and engines work according to rigid limits that no machine can beat.

For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman's Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse work? Through a series of experiments, a team of mathematicians has figured out ...

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Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC. The ...

Lab top accretion disc: Cutaway diagram of the experimental setup used by Wang and colleagues. The data shown in the left portion of the gap between cylinders illustrates the simulated shear profile ...

Microswimmers: Studying how bacteria swim in complex fluids provides insight into how the micro-organisms move through different environments, such as inside the human body. (Courtesy: Cheng Research ...