A long-standing law of thermodynamics turns out to have a loophole at the smallest scales. Researchers have shown that quantum engines made of correlated particles can exceed the traditional ...

In the strange, often unintuitive world of quantum physics, one mystery has stood out for decades: Can quantum entanglement be manipulated in a reversible way, like energy in a perfect heat engine?

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

A jewellery chain, like everything else in the universe, is subject to the second law of thermodynamics, explains one reader ...

The likelihood of seeing quantum systems violating the second law of thermodynamics has been calculated by UCL scientists. "The vast majority of the time, the second law of thermodynamics is obeyed.

“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it. If there’s one law of physics ...

Heat always spontaneously flows from a hotter place to a colder one – so says the second law of thermodynamics. But within an extremely sparse gas, the opposite may be possible, with heat flowing from ...