entropy

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Rather than lowering the energy cost of the reaction, the electric field makes the process favorable by increasing entropy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Energy and entropy together determine whether a chemical process happens on its own.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It would be easier to argue that the best defense against entropy is to stand athwart any change in taste and manners, as Plato advised in the “Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

This state would be less ordered, and hence have more entropy, than the initial state of two separate boxes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking