{"id":233731,"date":"2024-06-18T16:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/chemists-invoke-bizarre-maxwells-demon-on-the-largest-scale-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:46","slug":"chemists-invoke-bizarre-maxwells-demon-on-the-largest-scale-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/chemists-invoke-bizarre-maxwells-demon-on-the-largest-scale-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemists invoke bizarre Maxwell&#8217;s demon on the largest scale yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18122700\/SEI_209151691.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2435993\" data-caption=\"Physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed his demonic thought experiment in 1867\" data-credit=\"SSPL\/Science Museum\/Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed his demonic thought experiment in 1867<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">SSPL\/Science Museum\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A chemical pump based on a 19th-century thought experiment involving an invisible \u201cdemon\u201d could be used to help separate chemicals in drug manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s demon, first proposed by physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1867, involves two boxes of gas separated by a weightless door that is controlled by a tiny demon. 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