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Physicists challenge a 200-year-old law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics, does not…

2 weeks ago

A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed

Something unexpected is happening inside a material called platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). According to a new study from researchers at IFW Dresden…

1 month ago

Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a simulation after all

The idea that our universe might be nothing more than an elaborate computer simulation has been a favorite theme in…

3 months ago

MIT physicists just found a way to see inside atoms

Physicists at MIT have introduced a technique to study the interior of an atom's nucleus by relying on the atom's…

3 months ago

Rutgers physicists just discovered a strange new state of matter

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist - one that is different from the usual states of…

6 months ago

Breakthrough battery lets physicists reverse entanglement—and rewrite quantum law

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team…

7 months ago

Physicists uncover hidden order in the quantum world through deconfined quantum critical points

In the intricate world of quantum physics, where particles interact in ways that seem to defy the standard rules of…

9 months ago

Physicists Discover Singularities-Free Black Holes Using Pure Gravity

A breakthrough in theoretical physics has led to a fresh understanding of black hole formation, suggesting they can emerge purely…

12 months ago

Physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots

In a May 15 paper released in the journal Physical Review Letters, Virginia Tech physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that…

2 years ago

Physicists discover a quantum state with a new type of emergent particles: Six-flux composite fermions

If the fractional quantum Hall regime were a series of highways, these highways would have either two or four lanes.…

2 years ago