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The world’s smallest working “steam engine” has been built in Germany, according to a team of researchers.
The microscopic model was based on a 195-year-old design by the inventor Robert Stirling.
Changes included the replacement of the original pistons with a laser beam.
The physicists said they were “astonished” by how efficiently the machine converted heat into power – but said it did “not run smoothly” and had no practical use in its current form.
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