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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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Earlier this week, we wrote about setbacks at some Silicon Valley companies with new solar technology. They’re built on real science and work in the labs, but they’re grappling with the real-world ...

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 ...

Poland selects Sweden's A-26 submarines, designed by Saab, for their unique capabilities suited to the Baltic Sea. These submarines, powered by quiet Stirling engines, are equipped for seabed warfare.

The model Stirling engine is a staple of novelty catalogues, and we daresay that were it not for their high price there might be more than one Hackaday reader or writer who might own one. All is not ...

Building off a design invented and patented nearly 207 years ago by Robert Stirling, Qnergy’s Free Piston Stirling Engine is revolutionizing the capture of one of the most harmful pollutants out there ...