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

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

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

Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It consists of a single microscopic particle, smaller than a human cell, ...

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 ...

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Scientists have created the world's hottest engine running at temperatures hotter than those reached in the sun's core. The team from King's College London and collaborators believe their platform ...

At an effective temperature of 13 million kelvins, the jiggling glass sphere could help scientists understand physics at the microscale.

Harnessing quantum states that avoid thermalization enables energy harvesters to surpass traditional thermodynamic limits ...

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