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    Nanotechnological Maxwell's demon?

    I think a while back, they had machines to try to this. IIRC, they succeeded in doing it but in doing so, the machine created entropy which still satisfies the 2nd law of thermodynamics. So, it is still impossible to violate the 2nd law.
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    Brownian Motion: Questions and Answers

    Thanks Andy. I will look into stochastic systems a little more.
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    Brownian Motion: Questions and Answers

    Hi all. My teacher briefly mentioned brownian motion a few days ago but didn't really go in depth. I am planning to do my final paper on this topic and I just have a few questions. Hopefully, someone can point me in the right direction. 1. Let's suppose I have a container of water and some...
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