"Revolutionary Micro Heat Engine Shatters Thermodynamic Boundaries"

Scientists have developed a micro heat engine that challenges the Carnot limit by achieving high efficiency and power at the microscopic level. This engine operates on a single colloidal particle directed by a laser beam and manipulated by an electric field, achieving efficiency near 95% of the Carnot limit. This breakthrough overturns the belief that high power and high efficiency are mutually exclusive, potentially leading to the development of more energy-efficient devices in the future.