An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...

The second law of thermodynamics, a cornerstone of modern physics, states that entropy—a measure of disorder—never spontaneously decreases. It governs everything from the efficiency of engines to the ...

In simpler terms, the second law of thermodynamics means that things naturally tend to become more disordered over time.

Researchers from the Nagoya University and Slovak Academy of Sciences have made a ground-breaking discovery that sheds new light on how quantum theory and thermodynamics interact.