Precision ground gears are the quiet drivers of industrial progress, crafted with exceptional care to deliver flawless mechanical performance. Their finely machined surfaces and exacting tolerances ...

Proper gear shifting on an e-bike is essential for performance, battery efficiency, and ride comfort. Shifting gears correctly allows you to maintain a steady cadence, reduce strain on the motor ...

Greenlings: Why do automatic transmissions now get better fuel efficiency than manuals? Not so long ago, it was common for automatic transmissions to be referred to as slushboxes, since that’s ...

Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves From the archives: In some ways, new Navy computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.

If you think humans invented the kind of gears you find in an automobile transmission, think again. Scientists have discovered that the humble Issus, a plant hopping insect the size of a flea, has ...

In the mood for a mechanical puzzle? Gears Logic Puzzles is a simple but challenging app that presents you with a set of gears — some of them fixed, some of them loose.

Researchers have discovered the first functional "mechanical gears" in nature, as juvenile planthoppers use cogs to coordinate jumps.

Many mechanical devices have been inspired by examples in nature, but it's not often that nature replicates something only known to be made by human beings. Meet Issus coeleoptratus, more commonly ...