Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

Through Interdisciplinary Work, Advanced Imaging Reveals Hidden Thermoelectric Structure

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...
Interesting Engineering

UK’s flagship fusion machine starts fifth scientific campaign to double heating power

The UK's Atomic Energy Authority aims to make nuclear fusion a reality with its latest MAST Upgrade scientific campaign.
Los Angeles Times

Academic lectures have invaded L.A. bars and tickets are selling out in minutes

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On a nippy Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man wearing a Jason Voorhees T-shirt steps onto a ...
Popular Mechanics

This Engine Gets Hotter Than the Sun—But Is Made of Just a Single Particle

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists created an engine made of only silica particles suspended an electric field, and cranked temperatures up high enough to rival the Sun’s ...
EurekAlert!

From engines to nanochips: Scientists redefine how heat really moves

(Auburn, AL) Heat has always been something we thought we understood. From baking bread to running engines, the idea seemed simple: heat spreads out smoothly, like water soaking through a sponge. That ...
New Scientist

Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

The hottest engine in the world is minuscule, reaches seemingly impossible efficiencies and could approximate nature’s tiniest machines. They used an electric field to trap and levitate the bead in a ...
The Boston Globe

With its Boston debut, Lectures on Tap brings out a thirst for knowledge

On a windy Thursday night in downtown Boston, the hanging portraits of Bostonians past seemed to watch over the bustling crowd in Democracy Brewing‘s backroom. Sixty young professionals claimed seats ...
MMORPG

World of Tanks Heat Is a Tank-Powered Hero Shooter Built On Wargaming's Brand New Proprietary Engine

Wargaming is expanding the universe of World of Tanks with a new standalone entry in the franchise, eager to shake things up. The team is putting a hero shooter in its tank shooter - and it looks ...
Scientific American

Heatstroke and Extreme Heat can Hurt Health in the Long-Term, Too

A pleasant summer day spent hiking, playing beach volleyball or even running errands can turn nightmarish if heatstroke suddenly strikes. When the heat of the environment and a person’s body ...
CNN

Extreme heat is back — here’s where it will be the worst

The United States has entered the peak of summer and a heat dome — sealing in all that hot, humid air — is making millions of people feel every bit of it. Some cities could notch their highest ...
Hackaday

Building A Stirling Engine Bike

Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid (such as ...