For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the ...

One of the particles acts as a thermometer and the whole system is simulated on the computer. Credit: TU Wien One of the particles acts as a thermometer and the whole system is simulated on the ...

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