entropy

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"To understand and improve water-splitting devices, we need to consider not just energy, but entropy -- and how electric fields reshape the molecular landscape of water."

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It would be easier to argue that the best defense against entropy is to stand athwart any change in taste and manners, as Plato advised in the “Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

They also describe entropy, a measure of disorder, which never decreases over time.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

One therefore says that the entropy of the gas has gone up.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking