For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the ...

Variational principles provide a powerful and unifying framework to derive the governing equations of systems by optimising an action functional. Traditionally applied in classical mechanics via ...

An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...

Abstract: The aviation industry is undergoing significant improvements in aircraft efficiency, driven by technological innovation and evolving performance demands. In this lecture, we will explore the ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas ...

Determination of the optimum moisture content for seed storage is difficult because deterioration is very slow at conditions close to the optimum. We have used thermodynamic principles to relate water ...