No quantum exorcism for Maxwell's demon (but it doesn't need one)
An international collaboration led by Nagoya University in Japan sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory ...
Scientists Crack a Major Fusion Puzzle, Bringing Us Closer to Unlimited Energy
For decades, fusion researchers struggled with neutron isotropy, a key indicator of scalable plasma stability. Zap Energy’s ...
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Thermal inertia: how oceans continue global warming after Net Zero
Would global average surface temperatures stabilise if every country on Earth achieved net-zero greenhouse gas emissions? On ...
Stochastic thermodynamics may be key to understanding energy costs of computation
Two systems exist in thermal equilibrium if no heat passes between them. Computers, which consume energy and give off heat as ...
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The law-abiding Universe
The laws of physics naturally drive systems towards states of increasing disorder and thermal equilibrium, as we all know. Yet these basic precepts, when applied to the Universe as a whole ...
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Just before the Big Bang, a ‘freeze-in’ event produced dark matter
For instance, it is possible that in the early universe, dark matter particles were in thermal equilibrium with regular matter. As the universe expanded and cooled, these particles froze out ...