Entropy always increases, but in quantum systems, traditional entropy measures seem constant. TU Wien researchers resolved this paradox by considering Shannon entropy, which accounts for the ...

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Scientists have unlocked a groundbreaking way to produce clean hydrogen using microwaves, drastically reducing the extreme ...

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Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track the construction of big power plants in Pennsylvania and offer ...

Meteorologist Taylor Stephenson explains the science behind "specific heat capacity" in this installment of "Weather Works." ...

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

UC Davis researchers developed stable platinum catalysts for hydrogenation, enhancing efficiency with nanoscale confinement ...

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The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play. Or, ...

The grant, DOE award number DE-SC0025835, is part of a recent round of awards from the Department of Energy. Additional ...