Jua Tang, a professor at Wuhan University, has created a jet engine prototype that turns electricity directly into thrust. He believes that his invention has the potential to be scaled-up enough ...

If someone had brought a photograph of an Airbus 380 to an aviation event in 1915, 13 years after the Wright Brother’s main ...

Before the invention of turboshaft engines ... and the military. Turboshaft jet engines were just the thing. Because they're lighter and more compact while still plenty powerful, they were ...

But in Tang’s telling, his invention — let’s just call it ... as well — with jet-powered electric cars. "I think the jet engine is more efficient than the electric motor, you can drive ...