A nuclear engineer reacts to an experiment that appears to challenge the second law of thermodynamics. The discussion explores the physics behind energy flow entropy and why certain results may seem ...

A new computational method allows modern atomic models to learn from experimental thermodynamic data, according to a ...

Scientists worldwide respond to the publication of the three-volume monograph “Quantum Model of the Universe” #Physics ...

The controversial process of enhanced enzyme diffusion could enable living systems to resist local equilibrium ...

New research using Cassini data suggests Titan may not have a global ocean, but small warm water pockets hidden deep in its ...

Over the past decades, energy engineers have developed increasingly advanced battery technologies that can store more energy, charge faster and maintain their performance for longer. In recent years, ...

A thought experiment explores dozens of bizarre ways physics could theoretically cook a chicken using extreme energy sources. Ideas range from ordinary ovens to nuclear explosions, asteroid impacts, ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

What was your favorite toy growing up? This paradox claims that memory—and every other one—is just a random fluctuation.

At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or ...

LCGC International's "LC Troubleshooting" column editor Dwight Stoll and colleagues pay tribute to the late Peter Carr, an ...