A professor and students of an industrial design course at Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University use compressed air to power a motorbike.

Recently published books for engineers and those interested in engineering.

Seeing the work of a single engineer change the lives of dozens, sometimes hundreds of people by a single design is hugely inspirational.

This month's Letters column features letters concerning the January issue's "Satisfaction" and "The Drone Warriors.

This month's News & Notes section includes "Bio Jet Fuel Passes New Test," "Call Them Tattletales" and ""E-Books Added to Digital Library."

"Color Chart," "The Math of Sleep" and "Is it Art?" are part of the May 2010 Computing section.

Materials and Assembly is the theme of this month's Tech Focus section.

Power & Energy: As long as we burn fossil fuels, we will have carbon emissions to contend with. What are the most promising ways to keep them at a minimum?

Power & Energy: Molten salt reactors could actually deliver on nuclear power’s long-heralded promise of cheap and limitless energy.

Power & Energy: Even with the world in recession, gas turbines move ever forward.

A decade ago, the idea that worldwide oil production might reach its peak level and start to decline was one for the fringes. Today, this theory is a firmly mainstream opinion.

A new era dawns in finite element analysis: skeptics ask the experts, ‘How do you know?’

A high-fidelity bearing model provides insight into the spin of wind turbines.

This month's New Products include a magnetic linear encoder, a castor oil polyamide, and a CO2 warning device.

The ImagingLab Robotics Library and the Medusa4 Personal 4.0 are featured in Software Exchange this month.