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A College Student Accidentally Broke the Laws of Thermodynamics

created: Dec. 16, 2025, 5:36 p.m. | updated: Dec. 19, 2025, 4:48 p.m.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The Laws of Thermodynamics explain interactions among components in a system, including emulsification of liquids. A new surprising finding is that two immiscible liquids, when influenced by magnetized particles, will flout these established laws. As Homer Simpson once famously phrased, “ in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics ,” but a new and completely unexpected discovery by a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst runs afoul of Homer's rule. The Laws of Thermodynamics describe the relationship of temperature, energy, and entropy in a system as well as how components of a system interact. The interaction of these components in a system can all be described by the Laws of Thermodynamics.

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