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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 ...

These findings provide further insights into the mysterious relationship between the quantum world and thermodynamics. While the role of entropy is evident in the classical world, ...

Drug discovery is a costly and time-intensive process, with binding free energy calculations between the potential drug ...

New research shows that the second law of thermodynamics, which states entropy increases over time, also applies to closed ...