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Is Perpetual Motion Possible at the Quantum Level?

The Joy of Why

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The Impossibility of Perpetual Motion Machines

CNN's Jim Boulden talks to a physicist about the possibility of perpetual motion machines. He says crystals are defined in terms of symmetries and they're breaking. This is really a fundamental idea in how we think about phases of matter, he says. "I'm super excited to be talking with you."

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