Gravity from Entropy theory offers a new resolution to one of physics' oldest paradoxes: how the universe builds galaxies and life while entropy rises. Published in Physical Review D in July 2026, the ...

According to the second law of thermodynamics, the total entropy of a closed process can increase or stay the same, but never decrease. The second law guarantees, for example, that an egg can wobble ...

One of the enormous conceptual ideas that came along with Einstein's theory of relativity was the surprise that time itself, long considered fundamental and universal, is actually relative. Different ...

A recent experiment shows how quantum mechanics can make heat flow from a cold body to a hot one, an apparent (though not real) violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Some laws aren’t meant to ...