Physicists from Trinity College Dublin believe new insights into the behavior of light may offer a new means of solving one ...

Quantum thermodynamics explores the fundamental principles governing energy conversion at the smallest scales, where quantum effects such as coherence and entanglement significantly influence the ...

University of Utah physicist Professor Orest Symko and five of his doctoral students have developed small devices that can convert waste heat into electricity, harness solar energy, and cool computers ...

The quantum advantage: Coherent superposition in quantum heat engines can enhance power output over classical machines. Credit: iStock Traffic-Analyzer Heat engines have had a huge impact on everyday ...

It’s not likely to be ICE’s saving grace, but it’s still pretty cool. For the past hundred years or so, internal combustion has ruled the road. But with EVs gradually stealing away the spotlight, it's ...

There are so many paths we humans are running down in our chase for a greener future it’s extremely hard to keep track of everything. The auto industry is trying to go electric, either by means of ...

Internal combustion engines have long received flack for how wasteful they are. And while you can't argue about how inefficient they may be, the truth is that internal combustion has led the way for ...

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 ...

Industrial energy use is responsible for 25% of all human carbon emissions. A significant percentage of that energy is used to generate heat for different industrial operations, including the ...