There are very basic laws of physics going on all around us that ... These were the laws of quantum mechanics, and they got their name from the work of Max Planck. "An Act of Desperation" In ...

Physicists use mathematical assumptions in many situations that forbid time from moving backwards – but that isn’t ...

It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know ... of entropy in a way that it compatible with the basic ideas of quantum physics, then there is no longer any contradiction between ...

But beneath all these practical problems lies a huge quantum mystery. At a basic level, quantum physics predicts very strange things about how matter works that are completely at odds with how ...

Associate professor of physics Matthew Headrick researches one of the most ... The tiniest levels of the universe are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Here things start to get very weird and ...

According to the second law of thermodynamics ... concept of entropy in a way that is compatible with the basic ideas of quantum physics, then there is no longer any contradiction between quantum ...

Although Navier–Stokes equations are the foundation of modern hydrodynamics, adapting them to quantum systems has so far been ...

An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum ... law of thermodynamics, a principle often regarded as one of the most profound and enigmatic in physics.

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Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they ... I like to say security guaranteed by the laws of physics. "It's a completely different way of ...