Inside, it resembles the cockpit of a fifth-generation fighter jet and comes with rotary dials that control throttle response ...

This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

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How does a rotary engine work? Wankel Engines. Explanation of how a rotary engine works. With only 3 moving components, these are an engineering marvel. A look inside at what actually happens.

AI chatbots are becoming a major part of how people look for information online, but traditional search engines still remain deeply embedded in everyday use. In discussions about AI search engines and ...

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel celebrates after winning the 2013 Brazilian GP - the last F1 race using V8 engines. Clive Mason / Getty Images Just four races into its new era of car and engine ...

Reports of the death of the internal combustion engine have been exaggerated. Electric vehicles were once poised to diminish the ubiquity of traditional engines, but automakers are booking huge losses ...

When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, the same basic principles of internal combustion apply here: Fuel and air are mixed and ...

Mazda 13B rotary engine in a white Mazda RX-7 engine bay. - TTTNIS/Wikimedia Commons When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...