During a routine set of experiments being conducted in the lab, Anthony Raykh, a graduate student at the University of ...

The first law of thermodynamics states the principle of energy conservation for systems in which heat and work interactions can take place and the internal energy of the system can change. Using unit ...

The review bridges physics and biology by analyzing how stochastic thermodynamics—a framework describing energy exchanges in microscopic systems—helps explain limitations across diverse biological ...

A quick review of thermodynamics when designing systems for exhaust gas aftertreatment (EGAT) can have a long-lasting impact.

In thermodynamics, entropy represents an inexorable march toward disorder. Left to its own devices, an isolated system inevitably slides toward maximum disorder: its energy dispersing, its useful ...

"This shows us that the second law of thermodynamics is also true in a quantum system that is completely isolated from its environment. You just have to ask the right questions and use a suitable ...

Statistical physics and thermodynamics provide a framework for relating the behaviour of microscopic particles to the macroscopic properties of a system. Thermodynamics casts these macroscopic ...

Scientists in Saudi Arabia have simulated a solar-powered single-effect absorption cooling system that uses water-lithium ...