#thermodynamics

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has proposed nothing less than a new law of #nature, according to which the #complexity of entities in the #universe increases over time with an inexorability comparable to the second law of #thermodynamics — the law that dictates an inevitable rise in entropy, a measure of disorder.

If they’re right, complex and intelligent #life should be widespread.

#astrobiology #physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-everything-in-the-universe-turns-more-complex-20250402/

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-physicist-revisits-limits-life-schrdinger.html

"This work connects the dots among the great pillars of twentieth century #physics #thermodynamics, #relativity, and #quantummechanics—for a major paradigm shift…implications of quantum information processing in wetware at ambient temperatures," said Kurian.

"Physicists and cosmologists should wrestle with these findings, especially as they consider the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere in the habitable universe, evolving in concert with the electromagnetic field."

Can cells break the laws of thermodynamics?
Our preprint investigates the current scientific controversy. Using our nanosensor, we addressed unexpected artifacts and measured temperature with record accuracy inside cells.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6074308/v1
The remarkable work from P. Maurer's lab also independently reports similar artifacts.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20816
#quantumsensing #nanodiamond #NVcentre #arxiv #thermodynamics #nanothermometry #nanotechnology #research #quantum #science #preprint

The Diffusion simulation allows students to explore how two gases mix. Experiment with concentration, temperature, mass, and radius to determine how these factors affect the rate of diffusion. #Diffusion
#Thermodynamics #Chemistry
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/diffusion/

"Second sound":
#quantumphysics #thermodynamics #superfluid #research #science

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64093045/second-wave-superfluid-existence/

Inspired by Maxwell's demon:
#quantumphysics #thermodynamics #measurement #research #science

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-maxwell-demon-witness-quantum-properties.html

No there's never going to be a big enough breakthrough to make Carbon Capture & Storage viable (CCS). You can't beat thermodynamics.

Stop with the distractions and get on with decarbonising.

https://youtu.be/dWJi8pRBW4E

#ClimateChange #CCS #Thermodynamics

French engineer Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, born OTD in 1799, was one of the founders of #thermodynamics https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-canal-saint-martin/?s=mb #travel #France #history

"A Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, or BZ reaction, is one of a class of reactions that serve as a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, resulting in the establishment of a nonlinear chemical oscillator. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belousov%E2%80%93Zhabotinsky_reaction

#thermodynamics #chemistry #science #chemicaloscillator

Rethinking Carnot: Scientists overcome traditional power-efficiency trade-off

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-rethinking-carnot-scientists-traditional-power.html

#physics #thermodynamics #energy

A Detailed Review of Organic Rankine Cycles Driven by Combined Heat Sources

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/3/526

#energy #engineering #rankine #thermodynamics

Happy birthday, Clifford Truesdell!

> "This paper, whose intent is stated in its title, gives wrong solutions to trivial problems. The basic error, however, is not new." (Mathematical Reviews 1951)

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Truesdell/
https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/ball/Miscelleaneous%20Articles/truesdell.pdf

#science #continuummechanics #FluidMechanics #thermodynamics

Good memories on #Thermodynamics courses back in college

#PerfectGas #Thermodynamic #College #StudentLife #Engineering

With Pierre Recho, we're now giving a doctoral-level course on #continuumMechanics and #thermodynamics of #LivingMatter.

That's the 2nd edition, the 1st one led us to write the above paper .

Lecture notes are online, happy to have feedback!

https://liphy-annuaire.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/pages_personnelles/jocelyn_etienne/LivingMatterCourse/

It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: The famous second law of #thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play.
#QuantumScience #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/qs01292501.html

French engineer Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, who died OTD in 1864, was one of the founders of #thermodynamics https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-canal-saint-martin/?s=mb #travel #France #history

@mekkaokereke I think you mean “Joy is *not* conserved.”

The same failure of ‘conservation laws’ in #physics , #chemistry and #thermodynamics applies to love!
“Chemical Eye on Love” http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/021306_macdougall.html

an entirely logical journey can contradict its initial definition
this should be decidable with logic and without physics
I dont mean just humans, I mean anything in observable physical universe
#thermodynamics
-- random toot

I'm claiming Unification, not Perfection:

https://www.michaelvera.org/Unified_Theory_of_Energy.html

#physics #theoreticalphysics #unifiedtheory #energy #science #quantumphysics #relativity #futureofscience #einstein #newphysics #astrophysics #cosmology #particlephysics #fundamentalphysics #scienceexploration #scientificmethod #unification #gravitationaltheory #electromagnetism #thermodynamics #space #time #matter #sciencematters #scienceisawesome #nextgenphysics #physicslover #physicscommunity #energytheory #unified

@Smithsonianmag @science-Smithsonianmag Excuse me, Teacher, the Second Law of #Thermodynamics has its hand up .