Few technologies are more thoroughly associated with American culture than the iconic V8 internal combustion engine, but what makes it unique?

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb ...

If you've ever driven a car into water that was deeper than you expected, you might have suffered the consequences of a submerged engine. While getting a car engine wet is no big deal, getting water ...

The new engine works by pumping oil into and out of a chamber in a soft robot, causing the soft robot to act as an artificial muscle that is flexing and relaxing. The fluidic engine's pump is driven ...