Let's review a bit of physics in preparation for Part 2 of our technology transfer series on page 28. All elements in a rotating body have a measure of kinetic energy. Simply stated, this is "energy ...

A component’s moment of inertia is its resistance to rotational acceleration. A: They’re relevant whenever an apparatus must accelerate and response is crucial. They predict the performance of shafts ...

If you’ve ever played with tops, you know that some spin easily while others wobble. Ever wonder why? The answer has to do with rotational inertia, a property shared by all rotating systems. Sometimes ...

The water bottle flipping craze, in which a partially filled bottle of water is flipped and magically lands upright, swept the globe a couple of years ago. Now a group of Dutch scientists has designed ...