When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

For more than 20 years, Glenn Smythe has been building pieces of a puzzle he hopes will eventually form a fully functional steam engine. Tucked away in shed in the Adelaide Hills, he has spent more ...

— Humans have been using steam power since as early as the first century. Before electricity, steam was a preferred method of energy for engines dating back to the 1500s. Though the modern steam ...