Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It consists of a single microscopic particle, smaller than a human cell, ...

At an effective temperature of 13 million kelvins, the jiggling glass sphere could help scientists understand physics at the microscale.

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His demonstrations included a dune buggy that supposedly was a water-powered car, which garnered widespread media attention.

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Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, ...

More heat is transferred between objects that are just a few nanometers apart than physics theory predicts. A research team ...

By evaluating historical climate records, observational and projection data, an international team of researchers found a ...

Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC), a remarkable manifestation of quantum mechanics in systems with many particles, has over the past century reshaped our understanding of the fundamental phases of ...

Today, high pressure builds over the region with the potential for several weak disturbances to prevent fog formation and ...

Trapped in an electric field, it shows bizarre thermodynamics at microscopic scales, offering insights into natural molecular ...

Installing heat pumps, which use electricity to heat and cool air, is a key part of Massachusetts' plan to get homes off of fossil fuels. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR) Using an electric heat pump in ...