Discover how reading a quantum clock can surprisingly cost more energy than keeping it ticking, impacting timekeeping and ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of ...

Can quantum systems become more disordered, as thermodynamics would predict? Yes, they can - if a proper definition of "entropy" is used. It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: ...

The clock the team used to demonstrate this principle consists of a pair of quantum dots coupled by a thin tunnelling barrier ...

For as long as people have looked for answers in the night sky, the idea of stepping into a machine and arriving in an ...

Entropy is the process of losing energy and this can apply to physics and social systems alike. JamesBrey/iStock via Getty Images Life is full of small decisions: Should I pick up that sock on the ...

The scientist has published a new book that charts a journey across the disciplines seeking an elusive ‘coordinate to ...

Scientists have discovered new clues to how and why groups of atoms and molecules may favor less symmetrical and more complex, flexible geometric patterns. The answer relates to a familiar concept in ...

Illustration of the mechanisms at play during membrane curvature sensing of disordered proteins. Credit: Zeno et al, JACS 2019 doi:10.1021/jacs.9b03927 Curved lipid ...