News articles tagged with 'thermodynamics'
New computer simulation helps explain folding in important cellular protein
— 29 Jul 2009 19:18 | HealthMost parts of living organisms come packaged with ribbons. The ribbons are proteins - chains of amino acids that must fold into three-dimensional structures to work properly. But when…
UCLA physicists create world's smallest incandescent lamp
— 7 May 2009 10:44 | TechnologyIn an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department…
Forced evolution: Can we mutate viruses to death?
— 11 Nov 2008 17:26 | HealthIt sounds like a science fiction movie: A killer contagion threatens the Earth, but scientists save the day with a designer drug that forces the virus to mutate itself out of existence.…
Scientists show quantum systems could flout physics law
— 2 Jun 2008 22:45 | PhysicsScientists in the Weizmann Institute's Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply 'taking the temperature' of certain quantum…
Chemical engineers have discovered a new way to control the motion of fluid particles
— 17 Mar 2008 22:19 | ChemistryChemical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a new way to control the motion of fluid particles through tiny channels, potentially aiding the development…
Patterns in a complex planet
— 6 Feb 2008 15:45 | EnvironmentThe deep Earth, oceans and atmosphere form a tightly coupled and complex system in which small changes in one part can have a cascading effect on other parts. CSIRO will host a symposium…
ASU professor helps solve mystery of glassy water
— 1 Feb 2008 20:12 | PhysicsWater has some amazing properties. It is the only natural substance found in all three states - solid, liquid and gas - within the range of natural Earth temperatures. Its solid form…
100 years on, Kelvin is still illuminating
— 1 Nov 2007 04:00 | PhysicsAfter a long, prolific and groundbreaking life, the British physicist Lord Kelvin died in December 1907, just under a century ago. Best known for his pioneering work in thermodynamics,…
New theory on origin and future of the universe
— 1 Nov 2007 04:00 | AstronomyThe universe's clock has neither a start nor finish, yet time is finite according to a New Zealand theorist. The theory, which tackles the age-old mystery of the origin of the universe,…
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