Thermodynamics was built to describe steam engines and stars, yet the same equations now sit at the heart of quantum ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the interplay between quantum theory and thermodynamics.

The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do we need a new one to ...

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team of researchers has unveiled an analogous law for the quantum ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Laws of Thermodynamics explain interactions among components in a system, including emulsification of ...

Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in top hats and petticoats. That type of retrofuturistic mash-up is the ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach to applying thermodynamics to microscopic quantum ...