West Virginia University physicists Paul Cassak and Hasan Barbhuiya have made a breakthrough in the understanding of the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can be converted into different forms. Their findings, published in the Physical Review Letters journal, will allow scientists to better understand how plasmas in space and laboratories get heated up and may have a variety of applications across physics and other sciences. Their research will change the landscape of plasma and space physics and was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Joining WVU researchers on the project were Haoming Liang, University of Alabama in Huntsville, and Matthew Argall, University of New Hampshire. This new understanding of the first law of thermodynamics could have applications in areas such as low-temperature plasmas, chemistry, quantum computing, and astronomy. Visit the WVU Center for KINetic Experimental, Theoretical and Integrated Computational Plasma Physics for more information.
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