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Cars

How engineers design tires that can handle the heat of steel mills

Simonkr/Getty Images Tires on a loader, transporter, or industrial equipment in a steel mill undergo the kind of abuse that would make standard tires scream in agony. Most car tires have a limit of 185°F (85°C), and running tires higher than this will result in premature wear,

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Motorcycles

Motorcycle engineers will lose their minds over this new ‘super alloy’

Engineers have been playing this game for as long as motorcycles have existed. They want bikes to be light, strong, and stiff, but physics usually demand compromises somewhere along the way. Steel is strong but heavy. Aluminum is light but can withstand only so much abuse. Titanium is fantastic as long as one doesn’t have

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