The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal-flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913, using the boundary-layer effect rather than having a stream of gases or a fluid impinge on blades.

A century after Nikola Tesla sketched a turbine with no blades, researchers are now using that same counterintuitive design to pull useful power out of static electricity. The latest experiments pair ...

The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal-flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913, using the boundary-layer effect rather than having a stream of gases or a fluid impinge on blades. Recently ...

A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste. But under the right conditions, that same airflow ...

In the 'turbine' that uses the kinetic energy of fluids such as steam and water, there is also a type called 'Tesla turbine' that uses blades instead of blades to operate. Engineer and YouTuber ...

Nowadays, when most people hear "Tesla," they think of the renowned EV manufacturer. However, the EV giant took its name from someone who deserves to be at least as popular as the company: the one and ...