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A new JSTAT study shows how to compute the minimum energy cells use to sustain certain metabolic pathways while suppressing ...

Researchers at TU Wien have discovered a quantum system where energy and mass move with perfect efficiency. In an ultracold ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

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British physicist Melvin Vopson proposes that gravity reduces information entropy, hinting that the universe may function ...

Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The ...

Physicists have created a perfect conductor from ultracold atoms, enabling energy to flow without resistance, forever!