Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does ...

Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, ...

Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It consists of a single microscopic particle, smaller than a human cell, ...

Time crystals exhibit perpetual motion-like behavior when separated from external energy input, but scientists found a way to ...

For many Thanksgiving fans, there's nothing quite like the taste of a perfectly-roasted turkey. Unfortunately, while the ...

Impressively, the world's hottest engine could alter our understanding of thermodynamics as well as human diseases.

Penn Engineers have developed a mathematical "Rosetta Stone" that translates atomic and molecular movements into predictions ...

Instead of relying on switches or digital control, the light finds its own path through the system. This approach could transform data transmission, computing, and communications by making optical ...

Technically speaking, an engine is a device that converts some form of energy into mechanical energy. Taking that definition ...

A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in photonics: the design of the first optical device that follows the emerging ...

Over two years ago, my wife Lynnda got the news, “You have breast cancer.” Not the news we wanted to hear. It was factual.