The theory of quantum entanglement shares a number of analogies with the laws of thermodynamics, but still there are some differences. New results reveal a more complete thermodynamic structure behind ...

Synthese, Vol. 196, No. 5, Special Issue on Infinite Idealizations in Science (May 2019), pp. 1761-1781 (21 pages) This paper discusses an argument by Norton (in: European Philosophy of ...

The second law of thermodynamics says, in simple terms, entropy always increases. This principle explains, for example, why you can't unscramble an egg. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team of researchers has unveiled an analogous law for the quantum ...

In the strange, often unintuitive world of quantum physics, one mystery has stood out for decades: Can quantum entanglement be manipulated in a reversible way, like energy in a perfect heat engine?