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Sweater includes a wireless charger to keep your gadgets topped up

13 May 2022

A sweater containing tubes filled with a liquid metal alloy can charge up wearable electronic devices

Illustration of a computer motherboard with microchips, transistors and semiconductors.

Maxwell's demon experiment could be made real without breaking physics

10 May 2022

A thought experiment called Maxwell’s demon, long hypothesised to break the laws of physics, could be made using simple electronic devices at macroscopic scales – without upsetting the laws of thermodynamics

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Sweater includes a wireless charger to keep your gadgets topped up

Maxwell's demon experiment could be made real without breaking physics

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