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 ...
Heat engines are ubiquitous as they lie at the core of cars, aircraft, refrigerators, power plants and miniature motors. But they are currently limited by Carnot's maximum efficiency rule, according ...
Hot stuff: The experimental set-up with the trapped calcium. (Courtesy: Johannes Roßnagel) Physicists in Germany have taken mechanical miniaturization to the ultimate limit by producing a heat ...