For more than 200 years, scientists have argued about a deceptively simple question: why does a sheet of frozen water let us ...

Brake pads look like a simple wear item, but the material you choose quietly reshapes how your car stops, how often you visit ...

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Think about the last time you made a purchase using your phone. Maybe you were at a coffee shop and when your turn came, you opened your payment app, tapped your phone on the payment device, grabbed ...

Indonesia’s chief economic minister Airlangga Hartato shakes hands with EU Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič in Brussels, Belgium, June 7, 2025. Credit: LinkedIn/Maroš Šefčovič Last month, the ...

This is the kind of question where we'd better talk about terms before answering it. That's because AdBlue is a brand name for what folks in the United States usually call diesel exhaust fluid — aka ...

The machine doesn’t care what it’s making—only that it’s making it fast. Frictionless systems optimize output. But meaning, memory, and margin live in the mess it leaves behind. The great smoothing is ...

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A dual-clutch transmission, or DCT, functions like two manual transmissions in one package, with two independent shafts and clutches for odd and even gears. However, DCTs function similarly to an ...

Musical legend Billy Joel announced Friday that he is canceling all tour dates and revealed he has been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a condition that affects hearing, vision and ...

This is part of FleetOwner's Fleets Explained, a Trucking 101 series to break down aspects of the trucking and fleet management industries. You can read more from the ...