When Maxwell`s demon takes its time
(World News Austria)

Researchers at the Universities Vienna and Stuttgart have investigated a version of Maxwell`s demon embodied by a delayed feedback force acting on a levitated microparticle. They confirmed new fundamental limits that time delay imposes on the demon`s actions which are not covered by the standard laws of thermodynamics. The team of scientists published their new study in the journal Nature Communications. A Maxwell`s demon is a hypothetical intelligent being capable of detecting and reacting to the motions of individual molecules. In his thought experiment, James Clerk Maxwell...