The metric of how hot the air actually feels has roots in a 1979 journal paper called “The Assessment of Sultriness.” By Andy Newman In recent days, you may have seen or heard many mentions of a ...

There are some magical limits to how much energy we can get out of a heat pump. This story is about pushing the technical ...

Engineers must accurately predict thermal stabilization and calibrate simulation software to achieve consistent quality in ...

Abstract: Wear between the armature and the rail directly affects the state of armature–rail contact, which in turn affects the service life and launching efficiency of the electromagnetic rail ...

Abstract: The quality factor (Q factor) and the coupling coefficient (K) are important parameters in optimizing power delivery in Inductive Wireless Power Transfer (IWPT) systems. The Q factor ...

Modern computing is often effortless. You pick up a calculator or open the calculator app on your phone, and you’re on your way in seconds. But getting here took humans several centuries from when ...

Urging industry to make better use of wood that is wasted or burned for energy, researchers have released the first structural tests of non-straight, forked, and double-curved roundwood logs used as ...