Can quantum systems become more disordered, as thermodynamics would predict? Yes, they can - if a proper definition of "entropy" is used. It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: ...

Electron–proton collisions Study reveals importance of entanglement entropy. (Courtesy: Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory) An international team of physicists has used the principle of ...

The rationality of scientific concept formation in theory transitions, challenged by the thesis of semantic incommensurability, can be restored by the "Chains of Meaning" approach to concept formation ...

We have been taught to think of entropy as a bad thing. "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world," wrote William Butler Yeats in the aftermath of World War I, ...

The strength of encryption depends heavily on the quality of the cryptographic keys. QuintessenceLabs, an Australian cybersecurity company that uses quantum physics to build stronger data security ...

Life is full of small decisions: Should I pick up that sock on the floor? Should I do the dishes before bed? What about fixing the leaky faucet in the bathroom? Leaving a sock on the ground is a ...