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• Automotive and Transportation
  Sports Science
  Transportation Science
  Vehicles
  Nature of Water
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Tire

  A tire or tyre is a device covering the circumference of a wheel. It is an essential part of most ground vehicles and is used to dampen the oscillations caused by irregularities in the road surface, ... > more
• Automotive and Transportation
  Alternative Fuels
  Fossil Fuels
  Fuel Cells
  Energy and Resources
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Flexible-fuel vehicle

  A flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) or dual-fuel vehicle (also sometimes called only flex-fuel) is an automobile that can typically alternate between two sources of fuel. A common example is a vehicle that ... > more
• Automotive and Transportation
  Wind Energy
  Vehicles
  Aviation
  Nature of Water
  Consumer Electronics
   

  Automotive aerodynamics

  Automotive aerodynamics is the study of the aerodynamics of road vehicles. The main concerns of automotive aerodynamics are reducing drag, reducing wind noise, and preventing undesired lift forces at ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and Resources
  Environmental Science
  Fuel Cells
  Sustainability
   
  

  Liquid nitrogen economy

  A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid ... > more
• Civil Engineering
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Engineering
  Engineering and Construction
  Natural Disasters
   

  Engineering geology

  Engineering Geology is the application of the science of geology to the understanding of geologic phenomena and the engineering solution of geologic hazards and other geologic problems for ... > more
• Sports Science
  Ancient Civilizations
  Construction
  Engineering and Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Telecommunications
   
  

  Crane (machine)

  A crane is a tower or derrick equipped with cables and pulleys that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to shift them horizontally. Cranes are commonly employed in the construction ... > more
• Geography
  Technology
  Consumer Electronics
  Earthquakes
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Telecommunications
   
  

  Global Positioning System

  The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, is the Earth's only fully-functional satellite navigation system. A constellation of more than two dozen GPS satellites broadcasts precise timing ... > more
• Telecommunications
  Technology
  Robotics Research
  Sports Science
  Consumer Electronics
  Transportation Science
   
  

  Mobile phone

  A mobile phone or cell phone is an electronic telecommunications device with the same basic capability as a conventional fixed-line telephone, but which is also entirely portable and is not required ... > more
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Nanotechnology
  Vehicles
   
  

  Scale model

  A scale model is a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object being represented. Very often the scale model is smaller than the original and used ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Sports Science
  Telecommunications
  Physics
   
  

  Friction

  Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact. It is also the contact of two objects creating static electricity. It is not, however, a ... > more

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