Many automakers are on a mission to make their internal combustion engines better at turning fuel into energy. Friday, Nissan says that it reached a breakthrough to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency ...

Since joining Formula 1 in 1994 as an engine supplier, Mercedes engines have powered cars that have earned a combined total of 149 Grand Prix wins, split between McLaren, Brawn, and its own factory ...

Scientists have developed a window that uses a semi-transparent amorphous silicon PV layer. The group tested the system in London at different inclination angles and found it can achieve a maximum ...

If you never knew that Geely made the internal combustion engine (ICE) with the world's highest thermal efficiency, do not feel guilty. I tried to let people know about it in August 2022, when the ...

A new heat-to-energy converter has reached a record efficiency of 44% – the average steam turbine manages about 35%, for comparison. This thermophotovoltaic cell is a major step on the way to ...

When the technologies developed under the SuperTruck I (shown) initiative hit the market, they are projected to reduce CO2 emissions by 33% from the 2009 baseline. SuperTruck II demonstrates a further ...

Harnessing quantum states that avoid thermalization enables energy harvesters to surpass traditional thermodynamic limits such as Carnot efficiency, report researchers from Japan. The team developed a ...

Nissan isn’t giving up on the internal combustion engine just yet and has confirmed it can create an engine with a thermal efficiency of 50 per cent. A typical production engine has a thermal ...

In a leap toward more powerful and efficient computer chips, researchers at the University of Virginia have confirmed a key principle governing heat flow in thin metal films—a critical component in ...