Science news articles about 'Stirling engine'

... --just 3 mircrometers wide--that functions like a Stirling engine to generate actual work ... analog, the researchers in Stuttgart have replaced the machinery of a Stirling engine with a microscopic bead of malamine (that's like ...

... solar energy, 60 sun-powered Stirling engines are about to begin generating electricity outside Phoenix, Ariz., for the first time. Such engines, which harness heat to expand a gas and drive ...

... reaction was transferred to a pair of free-piston Stirling engines manufactured by Sunpower Inc., based ... needed for space missions." "The heat pipe and Stirling engine used in this test are meant to represent one module ...