The big thinkers at Aperture explore entropy and the eventual heat death of the universe.

Explore the intriguing solution to Maxwell's demon paradox as Rolf Landauer reveals how erasing information generates heat ...

Thermodynamic spontaneity—whether a reaction can go—can be measured by changes in either of two parameters: entropy or free energy.

Olalla, from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Seville, has described the direct link between ...

Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the ...

A five-element ceramic aerogel compresses by 98% and recovers its shape from cryogenic to 1500 degrees C temperatures, ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The streamlined design removes the technical barrier of a full node yet preserves enough transparency to teach real ...

Olalla’s recent work argues that the disappearance of specific heat at absolute zero—long treated as part of the third law of thermodynamics—can instead be derived directly from the second law, ...

Engaging directly with the rich repertoire of symbols and myths of his native Venezuelan Caribbean and extending to ...