It’s as easy as riding a bike … or so the saying goes. But how do we manage to stay upright on a bicycle? If anyone ventures an answer they most often say that it’s because of the “gyroscopic effect” ...

Our minds are constantly trying to keep us from falling over. We probably don't realise quite how hard they are working. It’s as easy as riding a bike… or so the saying goes. But how do we manage to ...

Abstract: The maglev flywheel energy storage system is a kind of high efficiency ways for energy storage and conversion. It has many advantages such as zero-millisecond switching time, high efficiency ...

Discover the secrets behind bicycle stability and how variations in bike designs impact balance while riding. The team built their own bicycle with extra wheels that rotated in the opposite direction ...

Abstract: We report coexisting surface and bulk gyroscopic effects in the same structure. The surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) is driven and sensed by interdigital transducer ...

Your correspondent writing about the pioneers of front-wheel drive in cars (Letters, June 22) omitted to stress that the inherent gyroscopic effect of a transverse mounted unit greatly assists safe ...