(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thermodynamic analysis in smelting processes entails the quantitative evaluation of energy changes and phase stability that govern the conversion of ores into metallic products. At its core lies the ...

In biophysics, the kinetic states of molecules play a determining role in the metabolic and physiological processes in which they take part. Now, a new article specifies for the first time the levels ...

Physicists and computer scientists have recently expanded the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation. By combining approaches from statistical physics and computer science, the researchers ...

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 ...

Metabolic processes are chemical reactions and these often involve generation of heat. Living organisms, however, do not follow all the laws of thermodynamics. Organisms are open systems that exchange ...

Economic and other factors have had a large influence on the movement away from coal to other energy sources. One of these influences was the rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) that ...