Engine oil seems so simple. It's slippery. It keeps metal parts from fusing together. It's messy, especially when it has been squeezed, slung, and sprayed around the inside of a hot engine for ...

Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil. Titanium, a protean element with ...

ANSWERZinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) is the most commonly used anti-wear additive in motor oils. For scuff resistance, the key is the amount of ZDDP in the oil, not whether it's synthetic or ...

image: Motor oil contains chemical additives that extend how long engines can run without failure, but, despite decades of ubiquity, how such additives actually work to prevent this damage have ...