In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics ...
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Wild new theory says gravity comes from entropy, could finally unify physics
Gravity is supposed to be the most familiar force in nature, yet at the deepest level it remains the least understood. A bold ...
Entropy, the amount of molecular disorder, is produced in several systems but cannot be measured directly. A new equation sheds new light on how entropy is produced on a very short time scale in laser ...
We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole ...
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Liquid metals have long fascinated materials scientists due to their unique properties that bridge the gap between solid and liquid states of matter. These materials, which remain ...
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Entropy isn’t what it used to be
Entropy. Randomness. Disorder. Think of it as the universe’s tendency to move from ordered to disordered forms. It is a scientific concept of something that increases over time and something that is ...
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