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Combustion engines, the engines in gas-powered cars, only use a quarter of the fuel's potential energy while the rest is lost as heat through exhaust. Now, a study demonstrates how to convert exhaust ...

The second law of thermodynamics underpins all of classical reality. It is the reason why it's easier to make things messy, why you can’t have perpetual motion, why you age, and maybe even why time ...

Bychkov, S. (2025) The Scientific Impotence of Modern Seismology. Causes of Decline and Necessary Measures for the Revival of ...

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An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...

For over a century, the Maxwell’s Demon paradox has haunted physics. This thought experiment suggests that a tiny, ...

A team led by Professor Zhou Huanping from Peking University has published two papers in the field of perovskite solar cells ...

Time crystals may sound like something from a science fiction film, but for physicists the phrase has a very specific meaning.