Engine
hideAn engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input. An engine whose purpose is to produce kinetic energy output from a fuel source is called a prime mover; alternatively, a motor is a device which produces kinetic energy from other forms of energy (such as electricity, a flow of hydraulic fluid or compressed air). A motor car (automobile) has a starter motor and motors to drive pumps (fuel, power steering, etc) – but the power plant that propels the car is called an engine. The term 'motor' was originally used to distinguish the new internal combustion engine -powered vehicles from earlier vehicles powered by a steam engine (as in steam roller and motor roller).
Military engines included siege engines, large catapults, trebuchets and battering rams.
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Nanoparticles go platinum: NCEM instruments provide key images
Dec 21, 2009 |
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At Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy it was revealed that single-stranded DNA can disperse bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes into individual tubes and serve as guideposts for synthesizing ...
Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday.
Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...
Bing and Google gaining at Yahoo!'s expense: comScore
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore.
Twitter gets more business friendly
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Twitter is testing a way to let businesses better use the popular microblogging service in what could be a future money-making opportunity.
Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."
How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting ...
Google search results to include 'real-time' data
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...
Web searches for religious topics on the rise
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Religion is not just for churches, synagogues or mosques anymore -- it's a topic that is being actively searched for online, according to researchers at Penn State.
Google Chrome extensions to be officially released
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, ...
Google responds to newspaper critics
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.
Ecosia search engine fights climate change
Dec 04, 2009 |
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An Ecosia search engine launching Monday is counting on the world's fascination with the Internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming.
Microsoft search engine Bing suffers brief outage
Dec 04, 2009 |
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US software giant Microsoft has blamed a problem during testing for a half-hour outage of its new Web search engine Bing.
Google adds translation to main search engine
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.
EPA postpones decision on 15 percent blend for ethanol
Dec 02, 2009 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it will make a formal decision next year on whether to allow a 15 percent blend of ethanol in domestic gasoline, after initial tests showed that cars can run on the fuel.
