In the run-up to a pivotal announcement on the future of particle physics in Europe, Tessa Charles urges backers of rival colliders to unite around whichever project gets the go-ahead I sincerely hope ...

Researchers have developed a steam engine that's only a few micrometers wide. It works - although it does sputter a bit. (Image Credit: Max Planck Society) Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have ...

Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It consists of a single microscopic particle, smaller than a human cell, levitating in a vacuum. By rattling this lone particle with “noisy” ...

A team of scientists claims it has created the world’s hottest engine. The innovative engine runs at temperatures higher than the sun’s core. It is also made up of a tiny, microscopic particle ...