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THE important part played by thermodynamics in modern physics, and especially in chemistry, is a sure guarantee that an English translation of Prof. Planck's work will receive a warm welcome in this ...

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

A Full Moon occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. The Moon's orbit creates different phases, including a Full Moon. Full Moons have traditional names, like the Sturgeon Moon. The 2026 ...

Statistical physics and thermodynamics provide a framework for relating the behaviour of microscopic particles to the macroscopic properties of a system. Thermodynamics casts these macroscopic, or ...