Although most people know what a shock absorber is, there's a lot of confusion about just what a "shock" does, or why it's even needed in the first place. So we'll begin by clearing up a few ...

On a chilly day two weeks ago, the halls of the Maryland Shock Trauma Center were humming with news that the brief reign of Dr. Kimball I. Maull was about to end in what amounted to a coup from above.

A new shock can significantly alter the way your full suspension bike rides and the amount of control and confidence it delivers. Choosing the right shock for your bike, your riding style and your ...

An installation designed by Raurouw (Arnd-Benedikt Willert-Klasing, Filippo Lodi, Jörg Petri, and Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas), a group of young architects experimenting with ideas of a continuously ...

The earliest cars did not use shocks at all. Axle movement was totally controlled by leaf springs. What little dampening there was came from the tendency of the leaf springs to resume their figuration ...