reaching for 60 percent
The General Electric H turbine system taking shape in Wales is making a bid for a new record in thermal efficiency.

power of 42
Higher automotive voltages may one day empower a car of drive-by-wire applications and amenities. The move could save gas, too.

old school ties
When practicing engineers return to the university, theory gets a reality check.

stepping up CFD
Fluid simulations see an ever-wider board of applications to cross.

a plastic jug of heavy water
When a neutrino observatory needed a 40-foot acrylic vessel to hold tons of D₂O, the builders had to do their homework.

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