Researchers have devised a new way to define thermodynamic concepts in microscopic quantum systems, where conventional distinctions between heat and work begin to blur. Researchers at the University o ...

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The California Public Utilities Commission has allocated $115 million over six years to generate business for makers of small ...

An immense pocket of hot rock deep beneath the Appalachians may be a wandering relic of the breakup between Greenland and ...

When the sun disappears behind the horizon, most people expect temperatures to cool down naturally. That assumption made ...

From Winter Heat to "The Nutcracker" to First Night, here are Pittsburgh's top December events to put on your calendar.

When Cop30 convened in Belém, deep inside the Amazon, the world's attention turned once again to negotiations, emissions ...

The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do we need a new one to ...

The Department of Energy reports that “about 30% of a home’s heating energy is lost through windows.” Of course, if the windows are old and warped, you’ll want to get new ones before the worst of the ...

One TikToker called out Chris Wright, the US Energy Secretary and former fracking company's CEO, for spreading false ...

In late October, Hurricane Melissa (that should have been called “Godzilla”) battered western Jamaica with 185-mile-an-hour winds. It tossed the roofs of ...