We're not going to get into the whole "who made the first car" argument today. But there's not much doubt that the overall history of self-propelled vehicles goes back well beyond the Mercedes Patent ...

A Stirling engine is an external combustion engine that runs on the expansion and contraction of gas within a sealed system. In this video, we break down how it works, from heating and cooling cycles ...

A team of researchers including Princeton computer scientists has developed a new tool that simplifies the process of animating still images, such as this diagram of an external combustion engine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Refrigeration is commonplace in the modern era. We use it to keep our food from spoiling, to cool our homes and workplaces, and to ...

ICEs, for years, have been the main power source for automotive and many other devices such as generators, lawn mowers, excavators, tractors, and combines. ICEs have proved to be more efficient and ...

Refrigeration today is something we can easily take for granted. But in the early 1800s, there was one entirely different method of cooling.