Thanks, but I feel there's more to the story. For instance, in car engines, there's a lot of attention paid to preventing detonation. And the article doesn't seem to provide any information about possible performance improvements involving numbers. This seems like a pattern with short articles about some supposed leap forward and I still find it annoying and frustrating although I expect it. I'd like to ask the author - why do you think it's groundbreaking?
Uncontrolled detonation or pre-ignition is a problem in ICE not because it creates less force, but rather because it creates more force and at the wrong time. If engines could be made strong enough to remain reliable while operating on detonation, and the pulses timed right, I imagine you would get more energy out of a given volume of fuel. This whole problem is avoided in a rocket combustion chamber without all the rotating parts
