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ITER announced this week that the Central Solenoid—the world’s most powerful magnet and beating heart of the tokamak—is finally complete, and will begin assembly soon. ITER’s first plasma ...

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Under Active Fuel Management, when only a fraction of the available power is needed to keep the vehicle moving, the fuel delivery to four of the eight cylinders is switched off and a solenoid ...

They rely on a huge number of internal parts, like clutch packs, various gears, solenoids, a valve body, hydraulic fluid, and more to send us down the road at different speeds. Your transmission ...

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On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements. In the video, the ...

If the battery appears to be charged (the headlights, stereo and other accessories work) but you only hear one click, then the problem probably lies with the starter motor or the solenoid.

General Motors's Active Fuel Management (AFM) technology utilizes hydraulic valves, solenoids, and advanced software to shut down half of the cylinders in a V8 or V6 engine to save fuel.