The second law of thermodynamics demands that the entropy of any closed macroscopic system should never decrease. The laws of physics naturally drive systems towards states of increasing disorder ...

Gravity is part of our everyday life. Still, the gravitational force remains mysterious: to this day we do not understand ...

In the realm of quantum mechanics, the ability to observe and control quantum phenomena at room temperature has long been ...

As in classical physics, this usually means an isolated system such as a free electron, free neutron, free molecule, and so on. However, if we assume that quantum mechanics has general validity, it ...

According to the connectivity hypothesis, when the musculoskeletal system (MSS) is susceptible, a small perturbation may connect previous microinjuries and mesoinjuries, creating a macroscopic ...

There is a bit of a paradox when it comes to miniaturization. When electronics replaced mechanical devices, it was often the case that the electronic version was smaller. When transistors and ...

The advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing. Entanglement is a form of ...

The laws of classical physics cannot explain this uniquely quantum phenomenon, yet it is one of the properties that explain the macroscopic ... In a large quantum system comprising many ...

It can also help us better understand the Earth and other planets in the solar system, such as Mars," said Ouyang Ziyuan ... ...

Over 500 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, complex, multicellular organisms emerged, paving the way for the ...