Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, ...

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does ...

Time crystals exhibit perpetual motion-like behavior when separated from external energy input, but scientists found a way to connect them.

Physicists in the UK and Russia have revived concepts first put forth in the 1940s to develop a new theory of the heat capacity of liquids. Created by Dima Bolmatov and Kostya Trachenko of Queen Mary, ...

Researchers have discovered a method to surpass traditional thermodynamic limits in converting waste heat into electricity. Japanese researchers have discovered a way to overcome long-standing ...

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Synchronization scenarios: In the first synchronization scenario (left), there is competition between the effect of small clocks on each other and the effect of the massive wall clock. In the second ...

Scientists have created the world's hottest engine running at temperatures hotter than those reached in the sun's core. The ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than ...