A nanometre-scale engine without any moving parts can convert heat into electricity with an efficiency close to the limit dictated by thermodynamics. Heat engines harness the flow of heat from a hot ...

As the world battles rising inflation, a cost-of-living crisis, climate change and more, it’s clear that the fossil-fueled status quo is not working. Fossil fuels may have seemed like the crutch we ...

For the first time, a quantum engine has outperformed its traditional equivalent, without any special tweaks to its environment. The device harnesses the weird physics of very small objects to produce ...

MIT says its new thermophotovoltaic heat engine can harvest more energy from heat than the average steam turbine, at a fraction of the cost and using no moving parts. Huge implications for future ...

A tiny, particle-sized engine that runs at temperatures approaching the innermost core of the Sun could open a window into the smallest extremes of thermodynamics. By levitating a single particle of ...

This story was updated at 4:50 p.m. Friday, March 19, to correct the attribution of some quotes to Thomas Soulas. Akron's Echogen Power Systems has been working for more than 10 years to bring its ...