Engineers have built a modern Stirling engine that quietly turns the cold of outer space into steady mechanical power, using ...

The engine is capable of producing hundreds of milliwatts per square meter, and scientists are already working on practical ...

Researchers have created a device that generates mechanical power at night by harnessing the natural temperature difference between warm ground and the cold of outer space. Engineers at the, Davis, ha ...

What if you could draw energy from the night sky without effort? That's the question that researchers at the University of ...

Solar panels do a remarkable job during the day; however, the hours when people need the most electricity rarely coincide ...

For the hot end, an aluminium mount was pressed into soil, transferring the Earth’s ambient heat to the engine’s bottom plate ...

The Stirling external combustion engine has fascinated gear heads since its inception, and while the technology has never enjoyed widespread commercialization, there’s a vibrant community of tinkerers ...

Archaeologists Accidentally Discovered the Oldest Gun Ever Found in America ...

Just how small can you make an engine? Two researchers from the University of Stuttgart and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Valentin Blickle and Clemens Bechinger, successfully ...