University of Illinois researchers can now explain the physical mechanisms behind click beetles’ clicking maneuver. Belonging to the Elateroidea family, a click beetle (or snapping beetle) is ...

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within gears spin. Shafts turn some mechanism that is out ...

Factors influencing the proportioning of machine elements: stresses, deformations, and failure criteria as applied to shafts, springs, belts, bearings, gears. Design of Elements is a required course ...

Bits, bytes and silicon transistors? Boy, you have it good -- back in 1953, state-of-the-art computers were made of gears, sprockets, chains and cams, and we trusted them to accurately wreck lives ...

Discover how to build a fully functional V8 engine model using syringes, wood, and basic hardware components. This engaging ...

Learn how to create a functional, battery-powered domino-pushing car from scratch using cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, ...

Most mechanical watches function on centuries-old technology. Indeed, that’s precisely the reason people like them — but it means that much of the progress in horology has to do with things like ...

This review paper published in AI & Materials explores the implementation of first-principles calculation method within high-entropy carbides ceramics (HECCs) research, specifically examining its role ...