According to Isaac Newton, an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. A force, therefore, is what causes any object to move. Any force that causes an object to rotate, turn, or...

In physics, a torque (τ) is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis [1]. The magnitude of a torque is defined as force times its lever arm [2]. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of...

Can You Read Me Now? A team of traffic-safety specialists, graphic artists, psychologists and vision experts have developed a new typeface specifi cally designed for highway signage. Ten years in the making, ClearviewHwy has now been approved by the Federal Highway Administration. It’s already appearing...

The Mazda 3 is already a huge hit, but until now there hasn’t been a performance version. That changes with the Mazdaspeed 3, which is targeted, according to chief engineer Tatsuo Maeda, directly at the Volkswagen GTI. Externally, the Mazdaspeed 3 gets subtle yet sporty...

Few eyebrows were raised when Acura announced it was coming out with a new premium entry-level SUV. “We needed something different,” explained Nobu Takahashi, lead powertrain engineer for the RDX. And so she delivered.That’s right; Takahashi san not only is Honda’s first female lead engineer,...

The twin-turbo flat-6 retains the same displacement as the 996 Turbo (3.6 liters), but power has been increased to 480 bhp at 6000 rpm, along with 457 lb.-ft. of torque. For those of you counting, that gives the new Turbo 133 bhp per liter, an...