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An Explanation of the Landauer bound and its ineffectiveness with regard to multivalued logic
Technical Transactions, 2020 We discuss, using recent results on the thermodynamics of multivalued logic, the difficulties and pitfalls of how to apply the Landauer’s principle to thermodynamic computer memory models. The presentation is based on Szilard’s version of Maxwell’s demon
Kycia Radosław A. +1 more
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Quantum Carnot Bound from Petz Recovery Maps
Advanced Physics Research, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2026.A quantum bound (ηP$\eta_P$, the Petz Limit) is derived for the efficiency (η$\eta$) of a heat engine utilizing two‐level quantum systems (qubits) as the working substance. This limit, based on Petz recovery maps, is stricter than the classical Carnot limit (ηC$\eta_C$) for irreversible cycles.
Douglas Mundarain +2 more
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DEMONIC programming: a computational language for single-particle equilibrium thermodynamics, and its formal semantics. [PDF]
Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2015 Maxwell's Demon, 'a being whose faculties are so sharpened that he can follow every molecule in its course', has been the centre of much debate about its abilities to violate the second law of thermodynamics.
Samson Abramsky, Dominic Horsman
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Aims Climate change poses severe threats to biodiversity in Australia, particularly for species already at risk from other factors, such as bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua and Cyclodomorphus spp.). Here we model climate‐driven changes in suitable climatic conditions for bluetongue lizards to 2060 and 2100 under multiple climate scenarios and ...
Juan P. Valbuena‐Fernandez +4 more
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The Evil Enemy: Belief in Conspiracy Theories Predicts Attitudes to War
European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 55, Issue 7, Page 1420-1435, December 2025.ABSTRACT Political leaders often justify war with conspiracy theories. How effective are such conspiracy theories in gathering public support for war? The present research has investigated the effects of conspiracy theories on people's war‐related attitudes.
Jan‐Willem van Prooijen +6 more
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Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.Abstract As nations seek to expand protected area (PA) networks to cover 30% of land and seas by 2030 (30×30), there is an urgent need for systematic conservation planning and spatial prioritization that considers the broad range of ecological and socioeconomic factors influencing the persistence of biodiversity.
Edmond Sacre +2 more
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The simplicity of physical laws
Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 4, Page 957-987, December 2025.Abstract Physical laws are strikingly simple, yet there is no a priori reason for them to be so. I propose that nomic realists—Humeans and non‐Humeans—should recognize simplicity as a fundamental epistemic guide for discovering and evaluating candidate physical laws.
Eddy Keming Chen
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Modeling the Formation of Electric and Magnetic Fields in Dust Devils
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 21, 16 November 2025.Abstract Dust devils are a weather phenomenon in which lofted particles become charged through triboelectrification, generating electromagnetic fields. These pose hazards for electronic equipment and affect biological systems. We present a new methodology for simulating the formation of electromagnetic fields within and near dust devils.
D. P. Reid, K. L. Aplin, N. A. Teanby
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Maxwell's demon across the quantum-to-classical transition
Physical Review ResearchIn scenarios coined Maxwell's demon, information on microscopic degrees of freedom is used to seemingly violate the second law of thermodynamics. This has been studied in the classical as well as the quantum domain.
Björn Annby-Andersson +7 more
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DEM simulation of the granular Maxwell’s Demon under zero gravity
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017 In this work, granular segregation in a two-compartment cell (Maxwell’s Demon) under zero gravity is studied numerically by DEM simulation for comparison with the experimental observation in satellite SJ-10.
Wang Wenguang +3 more
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