4 A knock sensor is a small but essential part of your car’s engine management system. It listens for vibrations caused by knocking (also known as detonation) and helps adjust the engine’s timing to ...

Terrestrial cell-based theories, however—such as those that explain a land mine explosion—have not yet been applied as criteria for astrophysical detonation. Motivated by the potential of this ...

We all love bad jokes. And we'd argue knock knock jokes are exemplary. Part of what makes them so great is their performative nature: There's a volley between two people that requires ...

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable high-speed, long-range flight with increased ...

A novel type of jet propulsion, a rotating detonation engine (RDE), has been successfully tested by Pratt & Whitney. The development is highly significant for the U.S. military, with RDE ...

Rotating detonation engines employ a thermodynamic cycle. Credit: © Pratt & Whitney/RTX. Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of RTX, has concluded a series of tests on ...

Last October, Labour outlined its plans to impose a 20 per cent inheritance tax on farms worth over £1million - yet Rachel Reeves has refused to sit down with National Farmers’ Union boss Tom Bradshaw ...

Now, a detailed simulation offers a rather precise look at how an atomic bomb detonation would unfold in the financial district, and the scale of destruction it maps out is staggering. The ...

This marks the first successful Rocket-Based Combined Cycle test. The engine architecture was unveiled in October at UP.Summit and combines the high thrust and efficiency of the Rotating Detonation ...

The group accusing the U.S. Air Force of failing to comply with federal environmental law requirements regarding open burning/detonation activities has succeeded at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

NASA has increased the chances that a feared "city killer" asteroid could hit Earth - and warned that 100 million people live in the "risk doze" of the impending disaster. While currently only a ...

The current round of Sheffield Shield action got off to a wild start at the SCG with Sam Konstas and Nic Maddison smashing 30 runs off the opening two overs before Konstas was dismissed in ...