Ferrari is exploring a groundbreaking approach to the internal combustion engine, as revealed by a recent European patent filing. Departing from the industry-standard round pistons, this new design ...

Deep breath... "As pistons have a cylindrical shape, the driving engines for vehicles of known type have some drawbacks, mainly deriving from the fact that the group of cylinders and of relative ...

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Even as the auto sector has turned towards electrification, Ferrari is showing that innovation in internal combustion engines is very much ongoing. The Italian company has applied for a patent for an ...

But it also means that mixing the fuel and air can be tricky, which is why diesel engines have specially-shaped pistons. A diesel engine's piston head looks like someone took a scoop out of the top.

No, we don't mean the rounded Doritos of the Wankel rotary engine made famous by Mazda ... AutoGuide), Ferrari engineers explain how it might work. Making the pistons pill-shaped means they're shorter ...

Ferrari has always been on the cutting edge of engine technology, but this latest patent is for something even Enzo would have found unfathomable. The company is looking at a new oblong-shaped ...

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Researchers have identified a boat-shaped mound in Turkey's Durupinar Formation, which has long been associated with the biblical story of Noah's Ark, The Jerusalem Post reported. The mound ...

So there has been considerable debate among paleobiologists about megalodon's size, body shape, and swimming speed, among other characteristics. While some researchers have compared megalodon to a ...

As it turns out, the latest version of Gboard for Android beta has introduced circle and pill-shaped keys for select users. Instead of the rectangular keys most of us are familiar with, the new shapes ...

Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google is experimenting with a new look for Gboard on Android, introducing circular and pill-shaped keys that are currently rolling out to some beta testers. What ...