The second law of thermodynamics is a kind of warning to cities and civilization. No matter how clever we are, disorder, waste and pollution will... The City As Engine: Energy, Entropy And The Triumph ...

For two centuries, students have learned that heat flows and engines work according to rigid limits that no machine can beat.

Quantum thermodynamics explores the fundamental principles governing energy conversion at the smallest scales, where quantum effects such as coherence and entanglement significantly influence the ...