American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...

The second law of thermodynamics, a cornerstone of modern physics, states that entropy—a measure of disorder—never spontaneously decreases. It governs everything from the efficiency of engines to the ...

A theoretical particle that travels faster than light, the tachyon has long intrigued physicists and fueled decades of ...

An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...

American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston, in which he outlined a ...

For over a century, the Maxwell’s Demon paradox has haunted physics. This thought experiment suggests that a tiny, ...

Mathematical equations have shaped our understanding of the universe, and these nine have played a key role in changing the world.

On the heels of some big quantum computing advances in 2024, at least one company is telling businesses to get “quantum ready ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...