The thermodynamic properties of compounds such as aluminum oxide, which are known as refractory materials because they melt at temperatures above 2,000 degrees Celsius (3,632 Fahrenheit), have been ...

(Phys.org)—For the first time, physicists have performed an experiment confirming that thermodynamic processes are irreversible in a quantum system—meaning that, even on the quantum level, you can't ...

Ionic liquids have long been heralded as the futuristic solvents of the carbon-capture world: salts that flow like liquids at ...

Thermodynamics is the discipline of the conversion of heat to other forms of energy and provides the theoretical background to calculate the transformation of heat to mechanical work in idealised ...

Thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes synthesises mineralogical observations and fundamental thermodynamic principles to reconstruct the pressure–temperature–composition (P–T–X) evolution ...

In the loop: PhD student Monika Monika takes a closer look at the negative-temperature experimental setup in Jena. (Courtesy: Ira Winkler/University Jena) Researchers in Germany and the US have ...

A first-of-its-kind computer can perform calculations using the random “noise” that is inherent in our world. It is built using standard commercial components and could eventually run artificial ...

What if the future of artificial intelligence wasn’t just faster or smarter, but fundamentally more sustainable? Picture this: a world where the energy demands of AI no longer threaten to outpace our ...