Varus Soleptor is a local business magnate: the richest person in Paradise Territory. He commands a large umbrella corporation, Soleptor Enterprises, which he founded when he foresaw the ‘gulanite ...

IT should be impossible, but a prototype space engine appears to produce energy from nothing — and it just passed a big test. The reactionless thruster was met with a surge of excitement — and ...

Whirligig beetles, the world's fastest-swimming insect, achieve surprising speeds by employing a strategy shared by speedy marine mammals and waterfowl, according to a new Cornell University study ...

Sex toys can do all sorts of things: vibrate, buzz, suction, pump….and thrust. Yes, really! Often known as thrusting vibrators, “a thruster is a penetrative toy that uses a motor to move in and out,” ...

Abstract: This article presents a geometric reachable-set-theory-based solution for spacecraft orbital rendezvous under constant-magnitude continuous thrust, addressing two problems: minimum-time ...

Abstract: Given that thrust is the most core parameter of turbofan engines but cannot be measured, and that engines are subject to performance degradation, disturbances, or even failure, this article ...