But as Kelvin’s second law of thermodynamics should have warned us, all the energy consumed to cool food is helping warm the planet to unsustainable levels. Generating the power to run cooling ...

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. With the death of Lord Kelvin on the 17th of ...

A time-travelling, reality-warping adventure has scooped the top prize at the University of Glasgow’s Kelvin Games Jam competition.

Good theory often works beyond its applicability limits. Lord Kelvin was a remarkable scientist, making many discoveries but even he would surely be surprised to find that his theory - originally ...

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas ... derived from sedimentary geology.” Kelvin.

Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm is build around the concept of water droplets falling through inductors. Two streams of water fall from small holes in reservoirs at the top. Those streams fall ...

Lord Kelvin was one of the world's most famous physicists The University of Glasgow is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's most renowned scientists. Lord Kelvin ...

Lord Kelvin — also known as William Thomson — hypothesized a shape known as an isotropic helicoid. As its name implies, the shape would look the same from any angle. Kelvin predicted that such ...

He remained at the University of Glasgow throughout his prolific career of discovery and invention, teaching for 53 years as Professor, then Dean, and Chancellor. Lord Kelvin is perhaps most ...