The example taken by this international team of scientists is Maxwell’s demon, probably the most famous thought experiment on the second law of thermodynamics. Imagine two chambers filled with ...

Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist ...

As Homer Simpson once famously phrased, “ in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics ,” but a new and completely ...

This can be, for example, the location of a particle ... "This shows us that the second law of thermodynamics is also true in ...

A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student recently made the surprising discovery of what they call a 'shape-recovering liquid,' which defies some long-held expectations derived from the ...

In this example, the surfactants are the spices, which allow the two substances to temporarily mix. The process is known as emulsification, and is well described by the laws of thermodynamics.