Recent improvements in our understanding of how the principles of thermodynamics apply in the quantum realm could give a ...
Scientists at Aalto University in Finland have built the world’s first cyclic heat engine, ...
Heat engines convert heat into work—for example, moving a piston in a certain direction. For an engine to be 100% efficient, when the process is reversed—the piston returns to its original state—there ...
A study published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) details a "Gambling Carnot Engine" that researchers report can attain 100% efficiency while also improving power generation. The researchers present ...
Physicists have designed a novel micro heat engine that can produce maximum power at maximum efficiency 1. The engine operates with a single particle whose width is one hundredth of a single human ...
This has been discussed before on Ars, such as at https://arstechnica.com/civis/threa...ost-efficient-heat-pump-in-the-world.1501605/, and https://arstechnica.com ...