Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have made a breakthrough in applying the first law of thermodynamics to complex systems. The law is a bedrock of physics, but has long ...

To date, thermodynamic computers have been designed to work in thermal equilibrium. Here, the authors show that thermodynamic circuits can perform nonlinear computations, similar to those performed by ...

The health-care implications of the obesity epidemic are profound. Risk of death from any cause is 50–100% higher in obese individuals than in normal-weight individuals. 1 Obesity is associated with ...