Steam Power

A husband-and-wife precision engineering team has set a new world record standing 1/8th mile time for steam-powered motorcycles. The Force of Nature is effectively a rocket on wheels, and the team says it should go much faster in the next attempt.

Everyone knows that the application of heat is necessary to boil water, but thanks to new research, much less heat may soon be required. A novel surface treatment allows water to reach a boiling point more easily, thus requiring less energy to do so.

It's possible that someday in the future, sunlight-powered robots may be able to swim across marine oil spills, soaking up the oil as they go. A tiny prototype has already been created, and it was inspired by both the steam engine and an insect.

A coal-fired steam LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado hit 100 mph (161 km/h) for the first time on a UK track in over 50 years as part of its certification trials to allow it to operate on the British rail network alongside its electric and diesel siblings.

Since 1950, automobile aficionados have flocked to Pebble Beach to celebrate the world's rarest and most collectible cars. This weekend’s 2014 show saw not only the gathering of Tatras and rare Ferrari Testarossas but also the latest in concept and production cars.

The CSIRO has claimed a world record for the highest temperatures ever recorded using solar energy to generate "supercritical" steam at its solar thermal test plant in Newcastle, Australia. This achievement is touted as a breakthrough for solar energy production.

Inventors Matt Bellue and Ben Cooper are working on a system in which a combustion engine could be run on nothing but water and solar-heated oil.

The Coalition for Sustainable Rail is aiming to convert a 1937 locomotive into the world’s first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive.

Team Steam USA's campaign to break the land speed record for steam-powered vehicles has received a shot in the arm, having been granted the use of construction molds from the Speed Demon streamliner.

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart claim to have developed "the world's smallest steam engine," consisting of a single particle.

An American team is hoping to break the land speed record for steam-powered vehicles, using a stock automotive steam engine.

Raser Technologies has committed to two new geothermal projects, bringing its total project count to seven and representing 70-75 megawatts (MW) of power projects initiated since April 2007.