Researchers have devised a new way to define thermodynamic concepts in microscopic quantum systems, where conventional distinctions between heat and work begin to blur. Researchers at the University o ...

Thermodynamics was built to describe steam engines and stars, yet the same equations now sit at the heart of quantum ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach to applying thermodynamics to microscopic quantum ...

Kirkwood-Buff Theory establishes a quantitative link between microscopic structural information and macroscopic thermodynamic properties in fluids and mixtures. Central to this approach are the ...

When describing collective properties of macroscopic physical systems, microscopic fluctuations are typically averaged out, leaving a description of the typical behavior of the systems. While this ...

Researchers at UCM and CSS have encountered a partial violation of the second law of thermodynamics in a quantum system known as Hofstadter lattice. This partial violation has no place within the ...

A deep understanding of the irreversibility of the arrow of time cannot ignore the quantum nature of the world that surrounds us. The is the key result of the work carried out by Vincenzo Alba and ...

Researchers have encountered a partial violation of the second law of thermodynamics in a quantum system known as Hofstadter lattice. This partial violation has no place within the framework of ...